After on the date of August 10^th, the ruling party brutally repressed a peaceful protest initiated by the Romanian diaspora, who demand to our government to become a civilized country from which we don’t want any more to go away, the alliance of the PSD-ALDE requires to be held a referendum on theme inspired by the intolerance specific to the dark ages of inquisition from the Middle Ages …

A little bit over 3.7 million Romanians participated, until Sunday evening, at 21:00, at the referendum to redefine the family. The organization of the election, over two days, spend over 163 million lei from the budget and mobilized tens of thousands of people, from policemen to members of polling stations and observers of civic organizations.

Only in one of our county, famous for its monasteries, the threshold for validation was reached. There were also polling stations in which there was a 400% presence, but was also a lot of polling stations in which there was absolutely no voter in two days…

USR President Dan Barna said on Sunday evening, after the vote was closed, that according to USR estimates, the poll was 20.41%, which means that the referendum cannot be validated. “Beyond the PSD-ALDE attempts to promote governance through fear and lies, Romania is a European nation, a tolerant and modern nation that has refused to take steps back,” the USR leader said.

Even the mayor of Iasi, Mihai Chirica – an important PSD member, believes that the low turnout in the referendum reflects the people’s state of mind towards the current Romanian political class.

“I have spoken to hundreds of people over the past two weeks who was asked methis question: ‘Why nobody don’t clearly say what this referendum wants from us ?’, ‘What would be the substrate of our call to vote?’, ‘Why nobody from the actual government not deal with Romania’s real difficult problems and talk about it such useless a theme ? ‘. The peoples from my city has no longer confidence in our actual leaders. It has been almost two years since the state of mind of this nation has been mitigated, and not the inability to understand what it has to do at one time, ” said Mihai Chirica, Mayor of Iasi.

The low turnout in the referendum to redefine the family in the Constitution shows that most Romanians are worried about their families, they are interested in their real protection and not the unnecessary modification of an article in the Constitution, which stipulates very clearly the status of the family in Romania, I accept.

“Together, through boycott, we have shown that we, the citizens, want a Romania of democratic values, a country where respect, equality and common sense guides society. Today we have shown that we can not be fooled by a political agenda that urges us to hate and split, we have shown that most of us believe that human rights are not voting at the referendum. The electorate once again affirmed the attachment to the European path of our country and our shared values, based on the dignity of every human being, regardless of his sexual orientation” Accept Association reports.

“Romanians cannot be fooled anymore by hatred, but they need the substantial protection of their families. We are also proud to be part of a human rights civil society that has stayed together in the face of the danger of populism. Anti-Corruption Organizations, Women’s Rights, Children’s Rights and many others, we have supported the equality of the LGBTQ community over the last three years and we have been vital in our joint effort to protect democracy in Romania” says Accept Association