New evidence in 1989 Revolution file – three failed assassination attempts on Ceausescu couple

Anca Alexe 18/12/2017 | 15:17

Military prosecutor Marian Lazar announced on Monday that substantial advancements have been made in the Romanian Revolution file, which was reopened in 2016 after the previous investigation was deemed incomplete and superficial.

Investigators have identified the source of the panic-inducing noise that was heard during Nicolae Ceausescu’s last speech, and discovered that substantial amounts of evidence related to the planning of the Revolution had been destroyed or damaged.

Another important aspect is that prosecutors have found evidence that before the Ceausescu couple’s assassination, which occurred on December 25, 1989, there had been three other assassination attempts targeting the dictator and his wife.

Investigators also concluded that there was no power vacuum in Romania at the time of the Revolution, since power was quickly overtaken soon after the fall of Ceausescu, by a political-military commanding force.

According to the statement, it is now possible to conduct a more thorough analysis of the behaviour of the members of this new power structure and their attempts to obtain legitimacy nationally and internationally.

Today’s release states that the international context at the end of 1989 was extremely complex, especially for Eastern Europe countries.

In order to achieve a better understanding of the events in December 1989, prosecutors questioned numerous witnesses and worked with historians, writers and journalists who had written about the revolution.

In addition, military and civil archives were verified, together with the Romanian Senate’s archive, which was used to create the Senatorial Commission’s Report on the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.

Prosecutors also studied and verified various audio-video materials that had covered the revolution, and established a permanent and efficient collaboration with state institutions such as the parliament, the Ministry of Defense, the Romanian Information Service, the Internal Affairs Ministry, etc.

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