Romanian exit polls show center-left wins vote
Romania’s center-left government won a clear victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. The result could inflame the personal rivalry between the nation’s top two officials and bring more political upheaval.
Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s governing alliance had about 57 percent of the seats in the 452-seat legislature, according to a poll published after elections on national television TVR.
Coming in second was a center-right group, allied to President Traian Basescu, which polled more than 18 percent. First official results are expected Monday.
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UPDATE:
"Romania’s top court reviews prison chief case" by Alison Mutler | Associated Press, August 10, 2013
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s top court will examine the case of a former commander of a communist prison who is accused of aggravated murder in the deaths of six political prisoners.
The High Court of Cassation and Justice said Friday it will take on the case because of its legal complexity and also because more than 50 years have elapsed since the deaths at the notorious Ramnicu Sarat communist prison. Under Romanian law, there is no time limit on prosecuting serious crimes.
From 1956 to 1963, Alexandru Visinescu ran Ramnicu Sarat, where pre-communist political leaders and intellectual elite were incarcerated.
The institute investigating communist crimes last week called for Visinescu, 87, to be prosecuted for the deaths. It said prisoners died from beatings, hunger, a lack of medical treatment, and exposure to cold. It will hand a total of 35 files of former commanders to prosecutors.
And in 50 years we will have trials for Gitmo commanders.
Romanians were shocked after Visinescu publicly cursed a cameraman and lunged at journalists several times who were seeking reaction to the accusations against him.
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Looks like they rejected left, too.
