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The week-long anti-corruption protests in Romania culminated on Sunday with a huge gathering of people in the country’s capital and surrounding major cities. A record number of people took to the streets to display their discontent with an executive order issued last Tuesday that would have made it easier for many top politicians to dodge criminal investigations and even avoid prison time.
The order was issued in the middle of the night on January 31st and then rescinded Sunday afternoon. The general public won the fight, yet protesters still gathered in the streets to convey their in distrust in the new government. As darkness set in, the crowd of some 250,000 people in front of the government building in Bucharest lit up their smartphones, with videos and photos of the event going viral.
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