At that moment Elena says to Nicolae: Forget about them. One announcer called it the heart of our nation. Ceauescu answers: As I said before, the people are fighting for their freedom and against this putsch, against this usurpation. Nobody has the right to abolish the Grand National Assembly. ALISON SMALE December 21, 1989. I will not answer any question. In 1947, we assumed power, but under completely different circumstances. After many people began to exit the square, Ceauescu shouted over the public address system for them to "remain seated". We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. This gang will be destroyed. Eight minutes into the speech, some in the crowd actually began to scream because there was a shooting that occurred in the background. However, why are your programs not implemented? Video of Ceausescu's Last Speech, December 1989 Annotation One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescu's December 21st speech (or lack thereof). Nobody has the right to abolish the Grand National Assembly. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, we will not sign. I will not say anything here. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Accounts in Switzerland? Why did you ruin the country so much: Why did you export everything? This demonstrates their lack of understanding. Centralized regimes may seem to collapse suddenly, yet in reality they have been coming apart for a long time. Now the counsel for the defense, who was appointed by the court, asks whether Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu know the aforementioned facts -- that he is no longer president, that she has lost all official functions. The prosecutor asks the counsel for the defense to ask Ceausescu whether he knows that he is no longer president of the country, that Elena Ceausescu has also lost all her official state functions and that the government has been dissolved. They used to fetch people from orphans' homes or from abroad whom they trained in special institutions to become murderers of their own people. They are cowards. No one can deprive me of these functions. This is where President Ceausescu gave his final speech in December 1989, before fleeing Bucharest. This page was last edited on 8 October 2016, at 23:48. His country passed from traditional monarchy to troubled democracy to royal dictatorship to military control to occupied territory. PROSECUTOR: This is how you worked with the people and exercised your functions! Recent items of interest by Belmont readers based on Amazon click-throughs. Paper is patient. I will only speak in front of it. PROSECUTOR: Who ordered shooting into the crowd? CEAUSESCU: We had no account in Switzerland. PROSECUTOR: In all district capitals, which you grandly called municipalities, there is shooting going on. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. Free elections would be held as soon as possible, and independent media would be established. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize you. It should be stated once and for all that this military court is absolutely legal and that the former positions of the two Ceausescus are no longer valid. PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. PROSECUTOR: Will you sign the statement now or not? Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu must be held fully responsible for this. [1] The crowd, now totaling up to 80,000, were given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. ELENA CEAUSESCU: How can one tell us something like this? The entire intelligentsia of the country ran away. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. Tyrannies are buried by the shovel of self-deception. The truth shall set you free, even if it makes you miserable. The notorious programme of razing villages in the countryside would be halted. It must be cleared up whether Ceausescu wants to, should, must or can answer at all. At that moment Elena says to Nicolae: Forget about them. PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. Because of this indictment, I call for the death sentence and the impounding of the entire property of the two accused. Immediately before them were plainclothes Securitate agents and a row of police militia, who kept the mass of the crowd about thirty yards back from the front of the Central Committee building. has openly accused president Obama as unable to lead in world. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. The prosecutor agrees, but stresses that they lived in them while the people suffered. Another question to Ceauescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. They cultivated the soil in line with your orders and had nothing to eat. And today you are acting in the same megalomaniac way. And so should such reports chill one to the bone. You have destroyed the Romanian villages and the Romanian soil. And I also do not recognize the counsel for the defense. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. Because of this indictment, I call for the death sentence and the impounding of the entire property of the two accused. All the world should know what is going on here. The War of the Words for $3.99, Understanding the crisis of the early 21st century in terms of information corruption in the financial, security and political spheres No one wanted to do anything for you anymore. They carried out acts that are incompatible with human dignity and social thinking; they acted in a despotic and criminal way; they destroyed the people whose leaders they claimed to be. PROSECUTOR: Do you not know anything about the order to shoot? Please make a note that here it has been stated that all legal regulations have been observed, that this is a legal trial. ELENA CEAUSESCU: What genocide? PROSECUTOR: Please, make a note: Ceausescu does not recognize the new legal structures of power of the country. PROSECUTOR: Nicolae Ceauescu should tell us why he does not answer our questions. You were the most important aide, the number two in the cabinet, in the government. Sections in italic type are from Austrian television comentary: They have lost all respect for their commander in chief. I have observed that she is not even able to read correctly, but she calls herself an university graduate. Elena says: Look, and that they are calling genocide. The story ofCeauescus final speech is a textbook example. VIENNA, Austria (AP) _ For the first time that anybody could remember, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu was interrupted at a public speech by boos and jeers that began a huge demonstration against him in Bucharest Thursday. This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will answer any question, but only at the Grand National Assembly, before the representatives of the working class. Have you understood them? NICOLAE CEAUESCU: What? Only the front rows supported Ceauescu with cheers and applause, with most of the crowd remaining impassive. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. Witnesses saw scores of people shot down in the centre of Bucharest in the evening and around the burning royal palace where the Ceauescu family had made their home. Another question . We want a legal trial. The prosecutor says: The world already knows what has happened here. He answers: I am the president of Romania, and I am the commander in chief of the Romanian army. quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. However, they will be indicted, and a sentence will be passed on the basis of the new legal system. Elena keeps whispering to him. "a chant that was soon picked up by others in the crowd. Forget the pontifications from the myriad talking heads on TV and radio. The charges are incorrect, and I will not answer a single question here. Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu must be held fully responsible for this. Answer this question! This was a coup d'etat. But we are not talking about people. You were not used to talking to the people. Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers But rebellion begins involuntarily, at the Hayekian level. Therefore, it is a mistake for the two accused to refuse to cooperate with us. Ceausescu claims that the putsch was organized from abroad. The crimes against the people grew year by year. No truth, no survival. Rebranding Christianity (The World of Information) You were not used to talking to the people. If he no longer has a certain function, he cannot demand anything at all. He still considers himself to be the country's president and the commander in chief of the army. A later article shows that Australia is moving toward. This is our home. Watching the "Video of Ceausescu's Last Speech" on the Making the History of 1989 website, a speech which Nikolae Ceausescu made on 21 December 1989, I was curious to see what the disturbance was that so rattled Ceausescu because by the end of the speech it appears a semblance of order had returned. PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? Not a single shot was fired in Palace Square. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not sign anything. Usurpers have been punished severely during the past centuries in Romania's history. Military base Trgovite - December 25th 1989. Who pays them? ELENA CEAUESCU: I will not answer. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. PROSECUTOR: In the same way he refused to hold a dialogue with the people, now he also refuses to speak with us. Storm Over The South China Sea PROSECUTOR: Well, Mr. ELENA CEAUESCU: The intelligentsia of the country will hear what you are accusing us of. PROSECUTOR: The Grand National Assembly has been dissolved. Its bulletins provide a dramatic account of the most important day in Romanias history since the Communist takeover in 1948. The balcony where Ceauescu delivered his last speech, taken over by the crowd during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 The speech was typical of most of Ceauescu's speeches over the years. In fact, his speech on August 21, 1968 in defiance of the military actions taken by Moscow and a few of her allies in Czechoslovakia roused quite a considerable amount of support for not only himself, but for the Patriot Guards as well. It doesnt happen as one big wave. You see, there is no use in talking to these people. The atmosphere was one of jubilation, and the over-riding feeling among the thousands celebrating in the city centre before the shooting began was one of undiluted triumph. I am talking to you as simple citizens at the least, as simple citizens, and I tell you: I am the president of Romania. A caretaker government was announced within an hour of the dictators capture. . Getting a shut-off notice from a utility is also sufficient to claim a hardship exemption. Ceauescu refused to answer. Every honest citizen who worked hard here until 22 December knows that we do not have medicines, that you two have killed children and other people in this way, that there is nothing to eat, no heating, no electricity. CEAUSESCU: No, no. Because of the crimes they committed against the people, I plead, on behalf of the victims of these two tyrants, for the death sentence for the two defendants. In 1947, King Michael showed more dignity than you. These two defendants have robbed the people, and not even today do they want to talk. Those moments of Ceausescus weakness and the power of popular pressure explain why, a mere 48 hours later, Ceausescu was attempting to flee Romania, all power lost. It is a lie that I made the people starve. His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. The mighty Law of the Land is exposed as all bark and no bite; a fine they cant enforce. They were not really interested in the people. Now the counsel for the defense, who was appointed by the court, asks whether Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu know the aforementioned facts that he is no longer president, that she has lost all official functions. This year, the crowd begins to chant unscripted comments back at the dictator. You are guilty of these offenses even if you do not want to admit it. This gang will be destroyed. I do not recognize the court. This shows how little patriotism there is, how many treasonable offenses were committed. PROSECUTOR: Who gave the order to shoot in Bucharest, for instance? Frederich Hayek identified the primary reason why tyrants fall: they rely on the poisoned cup of centralized knowledge. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. He answers: I am the president of Romania, and I am the commander in chief of the Romanian army. Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of the former President and his wife, Elena, last night. If you had had a mental illness and admitted this, you would not be responsible for your acts. If he no longer has a certain function, he cannot demand anything at all. 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Ford said of his resignation,I was no longer in a position where I felt I could defend the American policy. Sooner or later inability to credit yoga or videos produced in Los Angeles as actual factors becomes more and more widespread. I have done everything to create a decent and rich life for the people in the country, like in no other country in the world. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: Nobody can change the state structures. Elena and Nicolae reject this. PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. Whatever the reason, the result is that the penalty will raise $27 billion less over the next decade than the CBO had originally expected. Romanian demonstrators gathered in front of the headquarters of the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest during the 1989 anti-communist revolution, 22 December 1989. I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? CEAUSESCU: No one recognizes that. This is not possible. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. CEAUSESCU: No, we had no palaces. How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument. PROSECUTOR: We now have another leading organ. The charges are incorrect, and I will not answer a single question here. George thought about it for awhile and concluded he just couldnt. He then tried to placate the crowd by offering to raise workers' salaries by 200 lei per month (about 18 U.S. dollars at the time, yet a 10%-20% raise for a modest salary) and student scholarships from 100 to 110 lei while continuing to praise the achievements of the past 42 years. Then he is treated like a normal citizen. Since the old government has been dissolved and Ceausescu has lost his functions, he no longer has the right to be treated as the president. These two defendants have robbed the people, and not even today do they want to talk. A flight into peril, flashbacks to underground action. Tax experts say the best it can do is withhold the penalty amount from any tax refund due. PROSECUTOR: You claim to have taken measures so that every peasant is entitled to 200 kilograms of wheat. Tell us! PROSECUTOR: The Grand National Assembly has been dissolved. One momentCeauescu was in total control of Romania, determined to crush his enemies. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer. It should be stated once and for all that this military court is absolutely legal and that the former positions of the two Ceauescus are no longer valid. This shows again how false the charges are. But who gave the order to shoot? Nicolae Ceausescu - Last Speech, Trial and Execution - History Channel (ENG subtitled) ac agencija 258 subscribers Subscribe 743 Save 111K views 3 years ago Notice Age-restricted video (based.