VIDEO Generation Z from Romania joins the protests against “Captured Justice”. What happened at a concert at the Roman Arenas. “Let's not let this thing die”

Generation Z is defined by young people who are now approximately 15-27 years old, born between 1997-2010. They are generally digitally native and sociological research has shown that they have a desire for social engagement. In several countries of the world, their movements surprised society and the political environment. Also launched in Romania for some time, their public actions have increased intensity in recent days, not only in digital: from markets and concert stages to television studios.

It seems like more time has passed. Released on the evening of Tuesday, December 9, the Recorder documentary “Captured Justice” has already lived a history in which it captured not only those who watched it.

It seems that more time has passed because “Captured Justice” achieved not only 4 million views on Youtube, but launched a debate that included a good part of the cities, communes, communities and political and professional systems in Romania.

The magistrates' testimony described a corrupt judicial system. There are also opinions contrary to these testimonies, and they are part of the same debate. A growing role in the national conversation these days is played by the youth of Generation Z.

Andrei-Ovidiu Cojocaru, COJO, spoke on stage

Many of Recorder's YouTube subscribers are young. Also, during TVR1's transmission of the two-hour film, the public television's young audience multiplied.

In this case, young meant the Millennial generation, who don't usually watch TVR.

On Friday evening, an artist from Generation Z, who performed on stage at the Roman Arena in Carol Park, appealed to the young people who were at his concert and were filming the moment not to let the riot die down.

Andrei-Ovidiu Cojocaru, 26 years old, known under the pseudonym COJO, has the reputation of an honest artist, he has a unique artistic vision on the Romanian music scene through the disarming sincerity of his songs.

The 26-year-old artist is mainly listened to by young people who are part of generation Z, but also by millennials, thanks to the frankness with which he expresses himself.

Some of his fans saw him in concert at the Roman Arenas, where he announced that he was going to send them an important message. We reproduce the language from the concert, a free one.

“Right now, there's some shit going on in the country that's so disturbing that I really strongly believe that if not tonight, maybe by 11 the protest is over, from now on every night, whoever's out on the streets, I'm begging you with all my heart, let's not let this thing die,” COJO said.

Teo also took the microphone: “Friends, the country is boiling!”

The artist's call to continue demonstrations in support of a fair judicial system was not the only moment that invoked the anxieties of society these days.

During the concert, Claudiu Teohari, under his stage name Teo, one of the best-known stand-up comedy artists in Romania, had a small number in the introduction of a song sung by COJO.

The public received him enthusiastically. “I wasn't supposed to be on stage at this concert, but I asked for a microphone and I wanted to intervene because I do comedy, but I had to come and say something,” said Teo.

@catalin.haha #teo #cojo #concert #romania #arena ♬ original sound – catalin.haha

After making jokes about COJO's music he continued his speech. “Friends, the country is boiling! We need to ask ourselves some really important questions. We can no longer sit and have fun at concerts. You are young, you are the future and you need to do the really important things, so… Hello! I'm Teo Nedea from the Recorder and just one more question,” said the comedian, referring to one of the Recorder's best-known journalists, Alex Nedea.

COJO is not the first to act: it campaigned against violence against women

Immediately afterwards he left the stage as 'Have you ever been happy?', the beginning of COJO's 'Mai e un pic', which borrowed a brief moment from a Teo show, played in the background, and the 26-year-old artist returned to the stage to applause from the audience.

COJO had a strong message this summer on stage at Beach, Please!, where he tackled another tough topic, domestic violence, brought to the public's attention due to the high number of assaults on women, resulting in their death, as was the case of Teodora, fatally shot in the face with her child.

“Guys, please understand that what follows is not an attack on you, but you need to know some things about other guys. (…) In Romania, approximately 90% of acts of violence are committed by men. In 76% of cases of domestic violence, the victims are women. In 96% of cases of rape and sexual assault, the victims are women. If you think that the girls around you have not been harassed at least once, abused, assaulted or, even worse, it's because they don't trust you to tell you because they're afraid you'll judge them. If someone tells you they've been through something like that, it means they have a lot of faith in you, so try to make them feel safe,” said the young man.

He also spoke about drugs and drugs, being just as blunt: “Drugs aren't a problem, but they're everywhere. What you have to understand is that it's not your fault. You're not a loser if you use, and you shouldn't be afraid to talk to your mom or your dad or whoever takes care of you about it.”