Mass protests in Romania

[Crumpets]

Hundreds of thousands are currently protesting in Romania over a bill to amend the penal code in the country, a move which many consider to weaken anti-corruption legislation and encourage abuses of power. Yesterday, the PSD-led government withdrew the bill, so it will be interesting to see how the protests go forward, especially since the election only just finished and the new government isn't even a month into its term.

Things are further complicated by the fact that President Klaus Ioahnnis of the National Liberal Party opposed the bill, and was calling for a referendum. In theory, this looks like a win for him, but we shall see, especially if the sentiment in the big cities is different from in the rural areas which played a big part in delivering the PSD victory in the last election.

Some more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Romanian_protests

[Crumpets]

Protests continued today, despite the bill being withdrawn. Watching some of the coverage on ProTV, I noticed a good number of US flags in the crowd, which made me happy. I also saw a lot of the 1989 Revolution flags with the hole in the middle, presumably a jab at the PSD's many former-communist members.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Preventing a law that would decriminalize corruption from going through is a tremendous outcome. Good for the people of Romania.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Tremendous respect for the people of Romania! I really doubt the people of my country or the people of the U.S. would fight so hard against corruption.

[Meclazine for Israel]

What sort of deranged politician would introduce crazy policies inciting mass protests within their first month of office?

+1 Romania

[DavidB.]

Yeah, good for them. Corruption is an absolute cancer.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Gotta love the people of Romania but some of these corruption amounts are in the tens of thousands. While in America corruption is legilized and you can give more than ×10,000 more.