You would think, but the 2 were actually not that tightly connected.
While the people protested, Nicolae Ceaușescu was judged by a military tribunal by people high up who had power in the old system, led by a general. Ceaușescu was allowed no defense. And he was executed immediately after together with his wife.
It was very much an assassination. An assassination by his own, who used to follow his orders, and who were guilty themselves.
For context for anyone who sees this and doesn’t know, that was a revolution and not an assassination
You would think, but the 2 were actually not that tightly connected.
While the people protested, Nicolae Ceaușescu was judged by a military tribunal by people high up who had power in the old system, led by a general. Ceaușescu was allowed no defense. And he was executed immediately after together with his wife.
It was very much an assassination. An assassination by his own, who used to follow his orders, and who were guilty themselves.