PDA

View Full Version : Village re-elects dead mayor

RonDo
06-17-2008, 10:05
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday's municipal election, preferring him to his living opponent.

Neculai Ivascu, 57, who ran the village for almost two decades, died from liver disease just after voting began -- but still won the election by a margin of 23 votes.

A local official said the authorities decided to keep the poll open in case Ivascu's opponent, Gheorghe Dobrescu, won, avoiding the need for a re-run.

"I know he died, but I don't want change," a pro-Ivascu villager told Romanian television.
In the end, election authorities gave the post to the runner-up, but some villagers and Ivascu's party, the powerful opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD), have called for a new vote.

Source (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1626574720080616?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews)
Gio Takahashi
06-17-2008, 10:09
That is just weird
Bodomi
06-17-2008, 11:07
It's Romania.
Maybe the he will rise from the dead.
Z
06-17-2008, 15:36
"I know he died, but I don't want change," a pro-Ivascu villager told Romanian televisionThe words of a true retard. He's dead! Shit's gonna change! The guy is 6 feet under! Just cuz you reelected his corpse doesn't mean he's going to be able to perform Mayoral tasks anymore. Dumb Romanian!

57, though. Another comparatively young death. Sucks.
SpaceProg
06-17-2008, 18:05
It's Romania.
Maybe the he will rise from the dead.

Dangit! Took the words right out of my mouth. :p
deathofcheese
06-17-2008, 19:05
If it was liver disease then, young age might have nothing to do with it. Wild mayoral parties, anyone? Maybe that's why he got re-elected.

Seriously though, if these people weren't all like the fellow quoted, what does that tell you about ex-Mayor's opponent?
The Moody Ronin
06-17-2008, 20:52
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday's municipal election, preferring him to his living opponent.

Article coulda stopped right there, to tell the truth. "We prefer leaderless ANARCHY", they say...
Seegtease
06-17-2008, 21:57
Sucks to be the loser.