Romania protests: PM Emil Boc calls for dialogue 2012

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has called for dialogue and an end to violence after four days of protests against austerity cuts.

Dozens of people were hurt on Sunday, as demonstrators and riot police clashed for a second day running in the capital Bucharest.

The rallies began in support of an official who quit in protest against health care reforms.

But they have grown into a broader hostility towards government policies.

The alliance of opposition parties has called for early elections.
Unlikely catalyst

More than 1,000 demonstrators rallied in University Square in the centre of Bucharest on Sunday, the scene of violence the night before.

Demonstrators threw stones at riot police, who again responded by firing tear gas.

A number of people were arrested, with officials saying that most of the trouble makers were young football fans.

Peaceful protests were reported in a number of towns and cities across the country on Sunday, including Cluj, Timisoara, Brasov and Arad, as demonstrators called for the resignation of the government and of President Traian Basescu.

Dozens of demonstrators were also said to have gathered in the centre of the capital on Monday.
Raed Arafat. Photo: 2011 Raed Arafat resigned as deputy health minister last Tuesday

The government called an emergency meeting after Sunday night's clashes.

Speaking on Monday, Prime Minister Emil Boc expressed sympathy with those struggling under austerity measures.

"The crisis has been harsher than we imagined," he said, but added that the violence "cannot be tolerated".

The protests follow cuts to salaries, benefits and higher taxes but the unlikely catalyst was the resignation of popular health official Raed Arafat.

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[ionion506]

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[HaiLaMosulCuProverbe]

"Această duşmănie va creşte şi mai mult prin urmările crizei economice, care va

sfârşi prin a opri operaţiile de bursă şi mersul industriei.

Când prin toate mijloacele ascunse de care dispunem cu ajutorul aurului, care se află

în întregime în mâinile noastre, vom fi creat o criză economică generală, noi vom

arunca în stradă mulţimi întregi de lucrători, în mod simultan, în toate ţările

Europei." - Protocoalele înţelepţilor Sionului

[VestitorulPrimaverii]

Nu e timp de filozofie burghezo-mosiereasca....T.B si regimul odios de la putere trebuiesc starpiti si izgoniti...Doborarea acestui regim odios tuturor este prima urgenta. Din valul revolutionar vor apare oameni si un nou partid diferit de falsa opozitie PNL-PSD si vom sti sa incepem o noua viata pentru Noi,Cei Multi<Poporul.

[HaiLaMosulCuProverbe]

Există un lucru mai rău decât oamenii răi!

Este ignoranţa!

Informaţia înseamnă putere!

Ignoranţa înseamnă sclavie!

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