{"id":4987,"date":"2025-05-14T07:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2025-05-14T07:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:01:43","slug":"vp-of-romanian-far-right-party-aur-praises-ceausescu-prompting-legal-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4987","title":{"rendered":"VP of Romanian far-right party AUR praises Ceau\u0219escu, prompting legal warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marius Lulea, vice president of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), publicly praised former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu, drawing condemnation from historians and legal experts for promoting a convicted criminal against humanity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/marius-lulea-vicepresedinte-aur-despre-ceausescu-nu-sunteti-in-masura-sa-criticati-un-regim-care-a-construit-milioane-de-apartamente-reactia-institutului-de-investigare-a-crimel.html?mc_cid=d672d10d16&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">G4media.ro<\/a> reported on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Antena 3 television, Lulea drew parallels between Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s leadership and AUR\u2019s current political platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCeau\u0219escu was also a sovereignist [like we are]. I even remember that he took a courageous and sovereign position in 1968 when he was the only president in the communist bloc who had the courage to stand up with dignity against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia,\u201d Lulea stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He went on to defend aspects of the Communist regime, citing its infrastructure achievements. \u201cYou are not in a position to criticise a regime that built millions of apartments, hundreds of hydroelectric power plants\u2026 You destroyed everything that was built well during the communist regime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The comments have triggered a backlash, particularly from the Institute for the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism and the Memory of Romanian Exile. Its executive president, Daniel \u0218andru, warned that such statements may constitute a breach of Romanian law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represents not only a serious distortion of historical truth but also a violation of the legislation in force,\u201d \u0218andru said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He referred to Emergency Ordinance No. 31\/2002, which prohibits the promotion of the cult of individuals convicted of crimes against humanity. Ceau\u0219escu, who was executed in December 1989 after being found guilty of genocide and other crimes, was the head of a regime officially declared criminal and illegitimate by the Romanian state.<\/p>\n<p>AUR has faced repeated criticism for its nationalist rhetoric and revisionist positions. Its leader, George Simion, is running in the presidential run-off on May 18.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquamphotos.com\/users\/georgecalin\">George\u00a0C\u0103lin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marius Lulea, vice president of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), publicly praised former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu, drawing condemnation from historians and legal experts for promoting a convicted criminal against humanity, G4media.ro reported on May 12. Speaking on Antena 3 television, Lulea drew parallels between Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s leadership and AUR\u2019s current political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}