Boss, sit down and let me tell you something that reminds me of those miner riots we were talking about with Fane at the terrace exactly a week ago. Here's the deal: Rezistența, Inițiativa România, and MEA Association announced they're holding a protest in Victoria Square, Friday night, between 7 and 11 PM. And what's their slogan? "We need to defend democracy" – nice, right? So now we suddenly wake up to defend democracy, after sitting and watching all the circus around the country.
And here's what the organizers say: "Romania is under siege" and "justice is a mother to some and a plague to others." Well, boss, that's how it's been as long as I can remember: for some the law bends, for others it breaks. They're calling on everyone to take to the streets to defend the rule of law and the pro-European direction. I mean, what can I say, good for them, but I've never seen a protest change anything in this country, except make the heat in the headphones worse.
The context, bro, is even more interesting: now the formation of the Veștea Government is being negotiated, there's a scandal in the PNL because some don't support him, and on top of that, Ciprian Ciucu – the one who supports Bolojan – got slapped with judicial control, so there's something to watch. And on the same day, the High Court confirmed a conflict of interest for Dominic Fritz, the mayor of Timișoara, so the USR said they won't vote for the Veștea Government. It's madness, cuz, all politics is like a circle dance: some join, others leave, and we just sit and watch.
The organizers say it's shameful that they have to protest 36 years after the Miner Riots that bloodily crushed the protests in University Square. I mean, man, it's like we haven't learned anything in 36 years. But the best part? So far, the Capital's Gendarmerie hasn't received any official request to approve the event. So, for now, it's an unofficial protest. So you see, bro, people come to the Square, but who knows if it'll be legal or not. Maybe we'll wake up to the guys with helmets smashing us like 36 years ago. Until then, I'm going to explain to Mioara why I'm not going to protests: because I have payments on my BMW and I can't afford unpaid leave.
