Dozens of people gathered in front of the former Pionerul factory, where the collective club operated, to honor the memory of the victims of the fire on October 30, 2015. Sunday evening was organized by several public organizations, which called on people on social networks: to take part in a march with portraits of the dead 7 years after the fire in which 65 people died.

Commemoration of the victims from “Kolectiv” 7 years after the tragedy / PHOTO: HotNews

Among them was Tudor Cirila, who was live on Facebook

“As a result of the fire on October 30, 2015, 65 people died, more than 150 were injured – children and parents, brothers and sisters, friends and loved ones. The #collective dossier was superficially manipulated, dragged out, divided and tried to distract the public from the fact that the hospitals and the decisions of the authorities caused more victims than the fire itself.

The participants in the riots, the injured and the relatives of those who died, filed a criminal case with the General Prosecutor’s Office against Victor Ponta, Raed Arafat, Nicolae Banisiu and Gabriel Oprea, the political figures responsible for the unprofessional and malicious intervention of the authorities and for their disastrous consequences.

7 years after that, this case is delayed in the General Prosecutor’s Office, and the problem of the sanitary system, beds and hospitals for burns, intra-hospital infections is far from being solved, and the operation of public places is still allowed without providing protection against fire and emergency situations,” the message on the page reads. Facebook events created by Corruption Kills, Romania Initiative and Geeks For Democracy.

The former mayor of Sector 4, Cristian Popescu Piedone, was sentenced on May 12 by the Court of Appeal of Bucharest to four years in prison in the Collective Case, while the sentence of the first instance was 8 years and 6 months in prison. Club owners Alin Anastasescu, Paul Hanca and Costin Mincu received sentences ranging from six years and four months to 11 years and eight months in prison, the most severe punishment. The court also set compensation in millions of euros.

Mihai Greca and Adrian Albu, two Colectiv survivors, were present at the appeals court when the verdict was read, saying that “the Romanian state has washed its hands”, “justice is being carried out according to the law in force”. .

On the evening of October 30, 2015, several hundred young people were at the Colectiv club on the territory of the former Pionierul factory in Bucharest, where they attended a concert by the rock band Goodbye to Gravity, which released its album “Mantras of War”. At 10:32 p.m. during the concert, a fire broke out on the stage due to fireworks, which quickly spread in a few seconds.

That night, 27 young people died, another 162 were injured and taken to eleven hospitals in Bucharest. In the following weeks, 37 of those who survived died in hospitals.