Global Analysis from the European Perspective. Preparing for the world of tomorrow




Romania – Belarus: so similar and so dissimilar

What do the elections that have been recently held in Romania and Belarus have in common? Both have been unrecognized by the European Union. What difference is there between the elections held in Romania and Belarus? The difference is that the European Union has full power over Romania, which – just like all other EU member-states – has lost its sovereignty on day one when it was joined to the Union – while it has no power over Belarus. As a result, the candidate who was likely to win in Romania was barred from becoming the country’s president, while the candidate who – as Brussels maintain – could not have won the election in Belarus if it had been fair, remains the country’s president.

One can ask a question whether a country is independent if the elections held within its borders need to be recognized by foreign powers. That is, formally speaking, it is the “international community” that validates or invalidates an election, but technically speaking it is the few powerful decision-making centres that can effectively do it. Now, no one can effectively invalidate elections in the United States. Yes, one can say they were fraudulent and one can even present evidence, but then that’s it. Nothing whatsoever is going to happen. Who is going to enforce such invalidation on the superpower? So, though many believe that Donald Trump’s victory four years ago was stolen, though there is ample evidence to support this claim, nothing could be done about it.

Yet, everything can be done about an election in one of the 27 EU provinces. Romania is a glaring example. A candidate proves to be successful, the country’s supreme court acknowledges the result on day one only to cancel the election on day two. Why? Well, the country’s supreme court acted under pressure from Brussels, Romanian vassal took orders from the European overlord. Romanians took to the streets and protested the decision of the foreign agents in no uncertain terms, but to no avail. Romania is not the United States.

It is different in a non-EU member-state like Belarus. Lukashenko becomes president and does not care two hoots whether or not the results of the elections are going to be accepted by the European Union. At a press conference, asked about his opinion of the fact that the West does not think he has been elected by the people in a fair way, and as a result is not going to be recognized as a legitimate leader of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashenko answered more or less like this: Well, we, Belorussians, might choose not to recognize the legitimacy of Keir Starmer in his capacity as British Prime Minister, what of it? Will anything change? Will London take it into consideration? Will the British agree with our opinion?

One might be trained to view Belarus in a bad light: all the years of the media brain washing will have surely had this effect on the overwhelming majority of the minds of the citizens of the Western world. Yet, if there are people who have not forgotten how to use their cognitive abilities, the recent events should make them pause. They should think, Ok, Belarus is a politically backward country in a firm grip of a dictator and his gang, but Romania has been an EU member-state for years now, with all the rules of political conduct copied from or imposed by the Western powers. Why then for goodness’ sake was it possible that the election in Romania was so fraudulent that it needed to be invalidated?

One might also think of Romania in unfavourable terms: after all, it is a central European country, relatively poor, known in the recent past for its ruthless communist rule. Evidently, one might continue to think, Romanians – though they have been taught how to elect democratically and prudently – still need a lot to learn. They remain politically immature and need to be guided in this respect by the big brothers from the West who know better. Let us assume that this assumption is correct.

What then shall we do with the local elections in Germany when Angela Merkel decided to invalidate the results because the candidate who had won, Thomas Kemmerich, was not to her and her gang’s liking? What about the serious discussions going on in the same Germany to ban AfD? What about France and the political alliances that have been formed and continue to be formed there habitually only to block the patriots rallied around Marie le Pen from accessing power in the country? How about Great Britain, where political opponents and dissenters are routinely referred to as far-right? What about all the “progressivist” American politicians and “progressivist” political activists who blurt out the name Hitler at about anybody with dissenting political convictions? If Belarus is an undemocratic country where elections are rigged, are the Western countries any – much – in any way – better?

Weak protests of the Belorussian opposition held especially outside Belarus are extensively covered by the media; massive protests in Bucharest, Romania’s capital are not. Why?

Most of us know that we have no influence on the policy making despite all the talk about democracy i.e. the power of the people. As a result, we mostly want to be left alone. There are two buts, though. One is that if there are powers that can effectively invalidate elections in Romania or withdraw recognition for elections in Belarus, the same powers can do it – and sooner or later will do it – to all other small countries. The other but is that the policies that are made by the powerful unelected few ultimately translate into wars during which it is the common man who pays the price, not the powerful unelected few. Thus, millions in Ukraine have had their lives ruined, but a Zelensky and his clique just as the European Union commissioners and other diplomats live it up as they are used to.

Have you ever wondered why the media do not show us day after day after another day the thousands of people with lost hands and arms, feet and legs, jaws and eyes? Because such images would turn the vast majority of us against this war. Have you ever wondered why the media do show us the images of wretched, helpless, poor, sad, crying “immigrants”? Because such images are devised to make us open our hearts, wallets and homes. It’s really as simple as that. We are guided by images, by such images. Carefully selected. With words that act as subtitles. These subtitles make sure that we do not draw inferences other than those that are intended to be drawn.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>


GEFIRA provides in-depth and comprehensive analysis of and valuable insight into current events that investors, financial planners and politicians need to know to anticipate the world of tomorrow; it is intended for professional and non-professional readers.

Yearly subscription: 10 issues for €225/$250
Renewal: €160/$175

The Gefira bulletin is available in ENGLISH, GERMAN and SPANISH.

 
Menu
More