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title: 'Scînteia Poporului, Anul I Nr. 1 (23 December 1989): front page of the National Salvation Front''s first daily'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/scinteia-poporului-nr-1-fsn-1989/
description: Front page of the first number of a daily launched the day after the fall of the Ceaușescu government, under a banner headline 'Glory to the free…
section: Collection
---

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# Scînteia Poporului, Anul I Nr. 1 (23 December 1989): front page of the National Salvation Front's first daily

Front page of the first number of a daily launched the day after the fall of the Ceaușescu government, under a banner headline 'Glory to the free fatherland, to the heroic people!' and a lead 'Long live freedom, long live responsibility!' beside the Front's 'Communiqué to the country'. The tell is the stack of virtue words (glory, freedom, responsibility, the people) carrying the new authority's first message.

## Text on the object

Original (Romanian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
GLORIE PATRIEI LIBERE, POPORULUI EROU!

SCÎNTEIA POPORULUI
COTIDIAN POLITIC ȘI SOCIAL
Anul I Nr. 1    Sîmbătă 23 decembrie 1989    4 PAGINI — 50 BANI

TRĂIASCĂ LIBERTATEA, TRĂIASCĂ RĂSPUNDEREA!

COMUNICATUL CĂTRE ȚARĂ AL CONSILIULUI FRONTULUI SALVĂRII NAȚIONALE

Cetățeni și cetățene,
Trăim un moment istoric. Clanul Ceaușescu, care a dus țara la dezastru, a fost eliminat de la putere. [remaining paragraphs of the communiqué and the lead article not transcribed; partly illegible]

1. Abandonarea rolului conducător al unui singur partid și statornicirea unui sistem democratic pluralist de guvernămînt.
2. Organizarea de alegeri libere în cursul lunii aprilie.
3. Separarea puterilor legislativă, executivă și judecătorească [rest of point 3 and points 4 to 10 not transcribed]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
GLORY TO THE FREE FATHERLAND, TO THE HEROIC PEOPLE!

SCÎNTEIA POPORULUI [The People's Spark]
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DAILY
Year I No. 1    Saturday 23 December 1989    4 PAGES — 50 BANI

LONG LIVE FREEDOM, LONG LIVE RESPONSIBILITY!

COMMUNIQUÉ TO THE COUNTRY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT

Citizens,
We are living a historic moment. The Ceaușescu clan, which led the country to disaster, has been removed from power. [remaining paragraphs of the communiqué and the lead article not transcribed; partly illegible]

1. Abandoning the leading role of a single party and establishing a pluralist democratic system of government.
2. Organising free elections in the course of April.
3. Separation of the legislative, executive and judicial powers [rest of point 3 and points 4 to 10 not transcribed]
```

Only the display lines, the first sentences of the communiqué and its points 1 to 3 are transcribed; the lead article and the rest of the communiqué are in small type, partly shadowed in the photograph. Bracketed passages are editorial markers. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Scînteia, 21 December 1989: "Cuvîntarea tovarășului Nicolae Ceaușescu la posturile de radio și televiziune"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/scinteia-ceausescu-televised-address-1989/) [Mock death notice for 'the totalitarian power of one political party', 1990 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/totalitni-moc-parte-civic-forum-1990/)

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