{"id":8034,"date":"2018-01-22T19:43:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T16:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anticorr.media\/?p=8034"},"modified":"2018-01-29T11:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T08:03:37","slug":"desyatki-tysyach-lyudej-vyshli-na-ulicy-rumynii-protiv-korrupcii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/desyatki-tysyach-lyudej-vyshli-na-ulicy-rumynii-protiv-korrupcii\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania: Tens of thousands protest against corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

This material belongs to: Al-Jazeera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of people rallied against anti-corruption legislation in Romania’s capital Bucharest<\/a>, braving heavy snow, as well as a large police presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The protests were organised on Saturday after the leftist-leaning, ruling Social Democrats (PSD)<\/a> passed new legislation last month that critics say will make it harder to prosecute crime and high-level\u00a0corruption<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Klaus Iohannis<\/a>, who is a critic of the bills, still needs to sign them into law.<\/p>\n

An estimated 50,000 people marched from University Square<\/a> to the parliament building.<\/p>\n

“I came here to live in a free country that is not full of corrupt people,” Puica Marinescu, a protester, told Al Jazeera. “I want these assassins and mafia people who confiscated the revolution to leave the country.”<\/p>\n

Another protester, Alexandra, said: “I come here because we want to correct politicians and justice in Romania.”<\/p>\n

The protesters briefly scuffled with riot police in Bucharest. There were smaller protests in the cities of Cluj<\/a>, Timisoara<\/a>, Constanta<\/a>, Bacau<\/a>, Sibiu<\/a> and Iasi<\/a>.<\/p>\n