This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. I now ask the court to pass a verdict on the basis of the law, because everybody must receive due punishment for the offenses he has committed. ELENA CEAUESCU: Such impudence! Immediately before them were plainclothes Securitate agents and a row of police militia, who kept the mass of the crowd about thirty yards back from the front of the Central Committee building. He then tried to placate the crowd by offering to raise workers' salaries by 200 lei per month (about 18 U.S. dollars at the time, yet a 10%-20% raise for a modest salary) and student scholarships from 100 to 110 lei while continuing to praise the achievements of the past 42 years. I do not recognize this court. Richard III of England rode into Bosworth Field relying on his ally Baron Stanely to come to his aid. One announcer called it the heart of our nation. Since the old government has been dissolved and Ceausescu has lost his functions, he no longer has the right to be treated as the president. Transcript of the closed trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu The story of Ceauescu's final speech is a textbook example. "Stenographic transcript of meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party," August 17, 1968, History . We have data concerning both of them. I have nothing to do with them. We will speak only at the National Assembly, because we have worked hard for the people all our lives. No one was shot. CEAUSESCU: I do not answer, I will only answer questions before the Grand National Assembly. Not a single shot was fired in Palace Square. If he no longer has a certain function, he cannot demand anything at all. The mighty Law of the Land is exposed as all bark and no bite; a fine they cant enforce. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this court. CEAUSESCU: I will answer any question, but only at the Grand National Assembly, before the representatives of the working class. Mr Ceauescus overthrow followed a week of carnage in which thousands of men, women and children protesting against his regime were killed in cold blood, and probably tens of thousands wounded. And we will not betray our people here. In response, the two laugh, and she says: We do not stay abroad. The prosecutor turns to Elena: You have always been wiser and more ready to talk, a scientist. The truth shall set you free, even if it makes you miserable. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. ELENA CEAUESCU: I will not answer. But their triumph was marred by the first confused reports of fresh bloodshed in the early evening following heavy machine-gun fire in Bucharests Republic Square.
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