Romanians Elect Dead Man For Mayor
“I KNOW he died, but I don’t want change,” a pro-Ivascu villager tells Romanian television.
“The vote goes on as planned… We don’t have any legislation which allows us to halt the electoral process,” says a spokesman for the Electoral Commission.
Neculai Ivascu, 57, ran the village of Voinesti, Romania, for 18 years. He died from liver disease just after voting began - but still won the election by a margin of 23 votes.
Reuters reports that: “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.”
The country’s Social Democrat Party (PSD), have called for a new vote, so allowing a fair go for one and all.
Mr Ivascu will be made to stand against: Illie Snookercu; Vlad the Impaler, Elena Ceauşescu (Monster Raving Loony Party) and many many more…
Posted: 17th, June 2008 | In: Politicians, Strange But True Comments (14) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 18th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
101F… you lucky bugger.
I’s about 60 here (just north of manchester), and chucking it down. The cricket at birmingham is rained off, and the Welsh are being warned about floods.
Typical summer really…..
June 18th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Mic
In my defence its blooming hot here. It reached 101F yesterday so a frosty one tends to go down better than a pint of warm bitter. I like Sam Adams but can I suggest Yuengling next time you are over here. I know the name sounds like the proprietor of a Chinese knocking shop but it is widely considered the best US traditional beer and I have to admit I like it.
Funny I thought we were talking politics. Goes to show each nation has its own obsessions. For example with Yanks its eating and shopping or the French sex and food. However when two Brits start a dialogue it always seems to end in Beer and pubs. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
Take care
Terry
June 18th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Corona, eh? Not my bag at all Terry.
I’m a bitter bloke (drink of choice as well as outlook on life….), but I don’t go much for the mass produced stuff such as Smiths or Boddies (the ‘pride of manchester’ now made in South Wales). The best mainstrean beer I’ve had in the States is Sam Adams from Boston.
You can’t beat this political debate stuff, can you?
June 18th, 2008 at 2:37 am
Mic
John Smith the politician - Agreed best PM we never had.
John Smith’s beer - how dare you blasphemy! Mind you I’m and ex-pat living in Florida who drinks Corona (Mexican urine as it is affectionately known locally) so I have probably lost all credability as a beer connaisseur! I do however drink Guiness and Boddies when I can get it (and afford it, costs a bloody fortune here!). Perhaps that redeems me somewhat.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
If the dead could be elected, we really should elect Enoch Powell, MBE (1912–1998) as prime minister. We would certainly get more in the way of SANE government, than we have now.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Terry,
If we can vote them back in posthumously, let’s get shut of Broon, and get John Smith back.
His beer may be tasteless fizzy shite, but he was a proper politician.
June 17th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
NotSoNerdyFamm - Oh dear a perfect stranger who you don’t know and will probably never meet makes a light hearted political joke and you react with fury ,anger and personal vilification. I think perhaps it is you who should think about getting a life. For gods sake lighten up. If you can’t then maybe you are on the wrong forum. One more thing, using capitals to shout at someone is conidered rude and bad form.
Kind Regards
Terry
June 17th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
WOW YOU INTO THAT POLIICAL SHIT ARE YOU WOWWWWWWWWWWWW TERRY CARTY GET A LIFE MATE
June 17th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Interesting idea? Politicians voted in posthumously. Worth a try. A collection of inanimate corpses couldn’t do much worse than half the lot we vote in. Actually in most cases apart from the lack of smell and the presence of a pulse would we know the difference?
M and A
Sleaze stinks though… so its down to a pulse
June 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Castro is still alive. Gordon Brown is currently the only head of a government who is dead meat. No one in his party can do more than hint at the fact currently
June 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Dairy
who knows??
But rumour has it that his brothers favourite film is El Cid
June 17th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
…is Fidel Castro still alive…?
June 17th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
There are many dead men in political posts, namely
a) Men who are marked by their follies and are thus un-re-electable
b) Men who have zero brain power and whose speeches, actions etc are written &
organised by others
c) Men who are anti-Mafia
d) Men who oppose the ruling tyrant
June 17th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Wow another story line predicted by the magnificent West Wing.