I wonder how much of it is simply because people just donāt have the attention span and just want to āmove onā from Ukraine already, so there isnāt the demand for the news.
Iāve just watched a special broadcast on the Romanian state television, saying that democracy is under immediate and ongoing danger.
So far, the presidential runoff is scheduled to go ahead on Sunday as planned, despite security services fatly stating that there has been widespread foreign interference and vote buying.
Update: They just called off the runoff and annulled the results of the first round. The whole process is to start from the beginning at a later date.
That will ruffle a few feathersā¦
Iām a little hesitant about this development, because surely a large proportion of those who voted for Georgescu will feel disenfranchised, especially since they were more likely to be anti-establishment?
Oh yes, definitely, although their number is difficult to estimate. There is a far right current, but itās not certain how many are reactionary, anti-establishment voters and how many true believers. Georgescuās votes especially since no one had heard of him before, unless they were on Tik Tok.
Not that it makes much difference anyway because even though itās been proven beyond doubt that the results of the first round of the elections were tainted, they are still going to cry, kick and scream.
Itās already started with the leader of the party that came second in the parliamentary elections a week ago and is part of the āsovereigntistā movement crying coup dāetat. The sovereigntists are akin to Brexiteers in their derision of the EU. Their main agenda is to exclaim the virtues of the nation and Christianity, like MAGA in the US. Needless to say, they have a hard on for both Putin and Trump. As for Georgescu, just the fact that he maintains close ties with neo-legionnaires, a revival of the fascist Legionnaire movement of WWII says it all.
I just read the Wikipedia article on the parliamentary elections, what a shitshow. Itās essentially pro-/anti-Russia at this pointā¦
Correct me if Iām wrong, but those pro-Russian parties are essentially all far-right, no?
Yes
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1865133500778619380
I havenāt seen pictures of his corpse, but this is so normal so I donāt see why there should be a doubt.
Itās a cool video, where no human beings are being killed
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1865338827209908560
Another, just cool, inoffensive video
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1865348134013939976
That is. Itās often forgotten how wildlife is affected by war. During the Falklands War, several large whales were killed because their sonar signal was mistaken for submarines.
