Results just in for Bucharest City Hall 2012. Turkish Delight in technicolour....
(Image source) Never have I felt more disappointed in an election result (link added 11th June). I suppose there are many Romanians who feel this way every single time, literally bulldozed by the idiots who vote either with their pockets or for bribes.
The first (tentative) results for the exit polls in Bucharest and other major municipalities are in - and USL has pretty much taken all by a massive landslide, wiping PDL off the face of the capital. Ponta has declared it a historic day for the opposition. No comment from me except that it stinks of dictatorship....
The stories that are starting to immerge re: dirty tricks, bribery etc are truly incredible... The entire electoral campaign right across the country has been a circus of fraud and corruption from start to finish. Please read this article from Revista 22 for more on that, this one of how someone who died 25 years ago was on a voting list or this equally outrageous one from EVZ.
Our Nicusor Dan weighed in with 7.6% in the exit poll, and 9.44% ('partiale'), in third place behind Oprescu (65%) and Prigoana (14.5%)... BUT it is a pretty good result when you consider the low budget (understatement) and the fact that the campaign was chiefly carried out online. Furthermore, he is now on the general council (independant) which is a major step forward and excellent news. It shows that there WAS a positive outcome - and renews hope that there will be a bigger and better 'next time'. We now have four years to be more productive, more enthusiastic, more energetic - and more successful.
Nicusor Dan is also contesting the exit poll. He says that people should have voted both for sector mayor and for General Council. No verification was carried out to make sure people actually understood this and voted twice, putting him at a distinct disadvantage. Fingers crossed.
In the meantime, the majority of Bucharesteans are perfectly happy to see their city destroyed, their history reduced to rubble and their patrimony demolished. Then so be it. They have voted for it.
I must just share a little story I was told ten minutes ago. The incumbent mayor of a little village in the Banat promised his voters firewood for the coming winter if they pledged their allegiance to him. One intelligent lady asked, 'but where will he get all the wood? He will have to chop trees from the forests to satisfy the voters...' and someone in the crowd smartly replied, 'but the other candidates didn't promise anything!' That says it all, really. Shame on the bribery and corruption of officials and the hold they have over those who don't know any better and shame on idiots given the responsibility of voting...
According to Ziare, info for the first results run as follows (some differ from results stated HERE depending on the time, so please check both links):
For Bucharest:
General Council:
USL: 60%
PDL:11%
UNPR:10%
City Hall:
Sorin Oprescu: 66%
Silviu Prigoana: 16%
Sector 1
Andrei Chiliman (USL): 79%
Theodor Paleologu (PDL): 13%
Sector 2
Neculai Ontanu (UNPR): 48%
Dragos Frumosu (USL): 33%
Sector 3
Liviu Negoita (PDL): 33%
Robert Negoita (USL): 65%
Sector 4
Cristian Popescu Piedone (UNPR): 83%
Sulfina Barbu (PDL): 9%
Sector 5
Marian Vanghelie (USL): 59%
Mihai Atanasoaei: 11%
Sector 6
Rares Manescu (USL): 57%
Cristian Poteras (PDL): 19%
City Hall CLUJ
Emil Boc: 39%
Marius Nicoara: 45%
City Hall IASI
Gheorghe Nichita: 64%
Tudor Ciuhodaru: 12%
City Hall CRAIOVA
Antonie Solomon: 36%
Lia Olguta Vasilescu: 52%
City Hall TIMISOARA:
Nicolae Robu: 51,6%
See full results across the country HERE or HERE. Nothing has changed - not one iota on the vast scheme of things. Oprescu, Vanghelie, Chiliman, Ontanu, Piedone, Mazare.... Predestined and fixed from the start if you ask me (though no one did, I'll chuck in my furious grain of salt anyway). If people are SO incapable of voting for their mayor then what kind of irreparable damage will they do in the autumn when the moment comes to vote for their government... . This is the political class most people want for they voted for it. Was Piata Universitatii, on the whole, a lie? It seems as if no one really wanted change after all, for they have voted in the same garbage, same mafia, same oligarchy.
For those who love Bucharest, this is a sad, sad day.
As the French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) said, "In democracy we get the leaders we deserve."
No further comment.
Commentaires sur Results just in for Bucharest City Hall 2012. Turkish Delight in technicolour....
- Today is a great day. It's the first time in over 15 years that Romanians (at least in Bucharest!) got the option to vote FOR someone... someone that trully represents them and that reflects their values. Today is the birthday of a real and authentic OPPOSITION. The USL landslide will only create fertile ground for it to grow...
- It is great news that Nicusor Dan is now in Council and yes it was wonderful to have someone to vote that we believe is a good man - and I mean TRULY believed. For me it is first time to go to a vote and be glad.
but look. Now we have 4 years with same people we hate. Matei P, yes, it IS a great day in one way, but iit is a sad, sad day too as the blog says. I think it.
In 4 years when it is time to election again, will we have a city worth to save? - no coruptiondear Sarah
Nicusor not won because ordinary people (uneducated, retired,) did not have time to get to know, to hear him in the media. People who do not care or do not have access to web. ND was the candidate of the civic atitude people, dreamers, educated, with internet access.
Do not be sad! Everyone knew that it will be. It is a good result. - And I....I am happy ...somehow! I am happy that ND made it to the council. I am unhappy that only 7% of people in Bucharest actually use their brains in the voting process. And I am SICK ...but really SICK of hearing you deserve it! Well, I DON'T!!! I work my fucking arse off and I do whatever I can for the well being of the community and yet....
And I do NOT deserve this, and I do NOT want this! - To RaduI'm not sad, dear Radu, because ND didn't win. That was expected - and I am so pleased he is on the General Council, leading to a better outcome than we had hoped, I think.
I am sad because of the mafiosi still in place, by whom I mean Oprescu, Mazare and co. I am sad by the stories pouring out of bribery, corruption, lies etc that, though always attached to elections everywhere, are even more repugnant this time. I am especially and most profoundly sad because of what will now happen to what is left of beautiful Bucharest - Bdul Aviatorilor and the trees, Kiseleff, the houses that cry, the monuments that are under the axe, the projects that have Oprescu's approval and will now come to life via tunnels, suspended roads and carparks no one needs or wants just so he can line his pockets... this is why I am so very sad.... - To Tana GTana G - totally right. No one deserves it. But as long as the majority vote for it, what can be done... my point exactly. Until the minority becomes the majority, democracy (so-called) will prevail and the majority gets its wish. We deserve it because we don't fight harder, don't shout louder, don't demonstrate more often, don't debate better and...I don't know why else. Pff. But yes, I agree with you, totally, utterly and completely
Thank you for commenting. - Vot corectAm stat in sectia de votare pana aproape de ora 2 noaptea, ca observator...
Votul a fost corect...si politia ca si populatia indarjite contra abuzurilor PDL a vegheat si votat eliminarea lor....in conditii mai corecte ca niciodata...
Nicusor a fost perceput ca emanatie a "intelectualitatii" aservite lui Basescu...ceeace cam asa este...
Ma rog sa nu ramanem fara Hala Matache din cauza "medierilor" oportuniste... - Manipulari...
S-au realizat multe...dar furia populara, din cauza insuficientei cunoasteri i-a votat iar pe Oprescu si Ontanu... care poate vor avea si mai mult tupeu...De fapt ambii au cam fost sprijiniti de interesele subterane ale tuturor partidelor...
Ramane insa si actul II - alegerile parlamentare destul de apropiate...care sunt convins ca le va matura baza de sprijin oneros...
Deocamdata a fost maturat Liviu Negoita - unul din marii dusmani ai bucurestenilor... - To Radu and DanRadu, I totally agree.
The whole election was full of manipulation, corruption and scandal - both PDL AND USL - except that USL manipulated and cheated better than PDL did. Voilà. the landslide is nothing more than deeply suspicious and the stories of bribery are becoming more and more hallucinating - EVZ reported yday on that mayor (USL) who was caught 'en flagrant délit' offering 500 euros for every vote given to him - and the judges let him off. USL should be ashamed of some of the pirates acting for them. It's a disgrace.
Having said that, an excellent post on Stelian Tanase's blog this morning about Udrea's 'demisia' - she could not be more useless, more incapable. She lost everything she could possibly have lost with that gorilla Prigoana. The two sectors PDL had slipped through her fingers. The sooner she goes and preoccupies herself with disposable nappies and babygrows the better for Romania... How PDL could have accepted such an oaf as Prigoana begs comprehension.
Diaconescu (PPDD) got a total of 8.33% across the country - that is very impressive and I think he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future. Nicusor and his 9.44% (news just in at 13h my time) is very encouraging.
I repeat, I am not upset about ND not winning - he couldn't have. I am actually thrilled he is on the GC (but does this mean he can't sue City Hall now?)and find the 9.4% excellent. But I am BITTERLY disappointed by this landslide, and even moreso by the fact that Bucharest is now in such grave danger. How long before Aviatorilor loses its copaci and the rest of what is left of a beautiful city will be bulldozed. THAT is what breaks my heart. And that intelligent people who love Bucharest voted for Oprescu - I find that an abortion of though, consideration - and an utter betrayal.
Congratulations Nicusor Dan! This is a big step in the right direction. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC) ...