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text Romania after 1989
Politicians in Romania also use the communist past in order to legitimate their power (Karlson, p.7). “During the two decades after the Revolution of 1989, societies in Central and Eastern Europe have evolved from an authoritarian, centralized and bureaucratic Leninist regime, to democratic forms of political and economical organization.”(Tismaneanu, 2009).
Romania fell under the communist rule in 1940s and escaped its control in 1989. The transition to democracy was a very painful and long waited process as this was the only country from the Soviet bloc to suffer an aggressive revolution (Popescu &ump; Kaneva, 2011). Change was highly and impatiently expected and when the regime fall politicians tried to forget it. But the people’s memories of this period could not be erased that easily and even today politicians misuse the historical facts for their advantage (Karlsson).

Historical overview
Events in December 1989 led to a lot of transformations in all aspects of life in Romania. “The communist regime was the worst that Romania has experienced” (Gallagher, 2005, p. 2). This is the general opinion about this period in the country. Because of the negative images that it created, politicians try to deal with the past very carefully and in the same way use it to justify their power (Karlsson, p.13)
With Ceausescu’s regime being removed and the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was finally a clear way for the democracy to be established and a new Constitution to be accepted. But what were the chances for the instauration/reconstruction? of a healthy, non-communist political system, in such a short and relatively late time after the most violent revolution in Romanian history?
After 1989 a great number of new political parties were formed. Many of them had similar platforms and political programmes, but none of them were offering viable and efficient solutions for the serious economic problems at that time.
The first free presidential and parliamentary elections were held in May 1990. They were accompanied with a lot of demonstrations and protests, but at the end with a great majority (about 85%) Romanians elected Ion Iliescu
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