Ilia Bolojan. Photo: Video capture
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan was booed by several people on Saturday during the speech and after the end of the event dedicated to the Day of the Romanian Army in Carei, Satu Mare. A few hours before, the president Nicușor Dan was also booed and whistled during the speech held in Iași.
Ilie Bolojan participated in the ceremony organized at the Monumental Ensemble Glory of the Romanian Soldier, in the municipality of Carei, on the occasion of the Romanian Army Day, where he laid a wreath.
“I am here as a sign of gratitude for the hundreds of thousands of Romanian soldiers who in the Second World War more than half died in the campaign in the east. We lost over 50,000 in the campaign in the west on the territory of Romania and over 100,000 on the territory of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. If Romania is what it is today, we owe it to these heroes of our nation, and to those who are born in western Romania this day is not just a simple day of the Romanian Army, it is also an important day when our army, in 1944, liberated the western edge of Romanianism. May God rest in peace all the heroes of our nation”, said Bolojan, in his speech.
The Prime Minister delivered his speech as boos could be heard in the background.
In reply, Ilie Bolojan stated that he is used to such things and that he has no problems.
“I'm used to these things, I don't have any of these problems. I don't have any kind of problems,” said Bolojan, quoted by Agerpres, while walking from the Romanian Soldier's Monument to the car.
Nicușor Dan, booed and whistled in Iasi
And President Nicușor Dan, who was in Iași on Saturday, at the ceremonies organized for the Day of the Romanian Army, gave his speech while booing and whistling from a group of people could be heard in the background.
And the day before, on Friday, at the anniversary ceremony of the 165th anniversary of the founding of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University and the “George Enescu” National University of Arts, the president faced a similar reaction from some protesters.
At the entrance to the National Theater in Iasi, several people addressed him with messages such as: “Shame”, “Traitor”, “Go to Ukraine!” and “You are the weakest president.”
