The protest in Bucharest's Victoriei Square in front of the government's offices on Sunday that drew an approximately 120,000-strong crowd on the sixth straight day of rally, ended after midnight.
Some had already come at the site in the morning, some jogged around, others pedaled on stationary bikes. Several dozen students from Cluj also joined in, chanting "A heartfelt desire, free Romania!", "United we save entire Romania!", "We won't quit until we see!", "Jump in, all who truly want change," "We don't want to be a nation of drudgers," "Resignation!", "Romania, wake up!", "Bucharest know this, Cluj is at your side!"
At 13:00 hrs there were several hundred people in the square, many parents with children who drew on the pavement and biked around.
Just like in the previous days the protesters handed hot tea, bottles with water, juice, chocolate, bananas, pretzels and candy.
Some held tricolor flags, other placards reading "Operation 'Kick thieves out of country' - mission accomplished", "We are watching you."
The crowd had increased to roughly 8,000 around 18:00 hrs according to official sources, with people calling for the government to resign and also for early elections. Some of the placards read: "Skeptics too think it's doable," "Dragnea, get your bundle and move on!", "We R The Champions!", "No thieves in the country!", "The more laws, the less justice - Cicero", "Different masks, same play," "Do the count - add + 64!!! #Colectiv", "You go. I stay!", "It's conscience that manipulates us," "Out with the government of thieves and corrupt. Nil confidence," "Go!", "No OUG", "Here they are, the children of the Revolution," "Your children want to be free!", "Scrap OUG".
All thoroughfares to and adjacent to Victoriei Square were closed to traffic after 18:30 hrs, just like in the previous evenings. By that time the rally had grown to 12,000.
People started pouring in in the evening, so that according to official sources the number of demonstrators surged to over 120,000. Around 21:00 hrs the crowds in unison lit up their cell phones, lighters and lanterns creating a sea of waving bright spots.
There was a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the 1989 Revolution and of the Colectiv Club fire.
Video images of the protests in the country were projected on a building near the Gov't headquarters and, as a fixture, at regular intervals the words of the National Anthem were screened on the same building for the crowds to sing along, as well as messages like "Next time come to the polls!", "Resign!", "Dragnea, Romania is not yours to milk!"
The crowd began to scatter after 22:00 hrs. A young woman needed medical attention towards the end of the protest; emergency medics determined that she was suffering from mild hypothermia.
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