Bucharest has swept anti-government demonstrations

Bucharest has swept anti-government demonstrations. That night on the streets of the Romanian capital came tens of thousands of people. People are demanding cancellation of amendments to the criminal code of the country, which the officials caught on corruption, will be able to avoid prison.

Tens of thousands of protesters dispersed from the centre of Bucharest. According to various estimates, at the government building gathered from 30 to 80 thousand people. They buzzed the siren, shouted slogans, held placards with the words "Not my government", "Thieves" and others. The main cause of disturbance - the new bill of the government that will untie the hands of corrupt officials. This innovation provides that in the case that the damage of crime is not higher than 44 thousand euros, the person will be easy to forgive. These protests have called the biggest since the General Secretary Nicolae Ceausescu. The country is immersed in a growing political crisis.

Many of the protesters in Bucharest and other cities. The protesters came to Express their disagreement and disappointment with the two laws. Taking them, the authorities acted like thieves. This decision was taken against the will of the people. The Romanian government has said it will not go on about the people and will not change the bill. Originally, the government justified its attempt to decongest the prison. Experts say that the leader of the party of social Democrats Liviu Dragnea, who himself has a criminal record, will go to the end. Mass indignation of the people linked with the economic situation in Romania.

Since the country's accession to the European Union, the external debt of Romania increased 5.5 times and makes up more than $100 billion Now Romania is the only country where the number of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion has increased over time, the country's accession to the EU. The increase in symbolic - only 1%, but we are talking about almost 2 million children. Experts say that the President of Romania, which is now in conflict with its own government, trying to outmaneuver their opponents, who have adopted many important reforms on the value of salaries and pensions.

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