On Wednesday, four years after the August 10 protest “in which innocent people became the victims of unjustified violence,” Prime Minister Nicolae Cuke wanted to make sure the government would give the justice ministry everything it needed to punish the guilty.

• “I want to assure you that the current Coalition guarantees the right to free expression of views and we will never allow such protests to turn into violence.
• I also guarantee from the level of the Government that we will give everything necessary to the justice system so that the investigation of what happened will be brought to an end, so that those responsible for the events that happened 4 years ago will be held accountable. to the laws
• The Gendarmerie is a fundamental institution in the architecture of the state and aims to provide everything necessary for the safety of citizens, and those who are guilty of excesses or abuses during the performance of their functional duties should be held accountable in accordance with the provisions of the law,” said the Prime Minister Prime Minister Chuke.

4 years of the diaspora rally brutally suppressed by the gendarmerie. A big miscarriage of justice

On August 10, 2018, around 100,000 people gathered in Victory Square in an attempt to stop PSD’s attack on the judiciary. A demonstration against the government of Viorica Denchile, which ended with tear gas and water cannons by the gendarmes. More than 700 people filed criminal complaints after being hit by gendarmes or inhaling tear gas.

Who is responsible for these violence? They waited for an answer for four years, during which criminal cases went between prosecutors’ offices and courts.

Opened in 2018, assessed by DIICOT in 2020 and reopened this spring after an appeal by protestors – that was, in brief, the route of the file on August 10, one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Romania.