WORLD : Unopposed Ceausescu Reelected
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Communist Party chief Nicolae Ceausescu, who has staunchly opposed the democratic reforms sweeping the rest of Eastern Europe, was reelected today.
The party’s Central Committee unanimously chose Ceausescu--the only candidate--to another five-year term, the official Agerpres news agency said. Delegates to the 14th Communist Party Congress greeted the selection of Ceausescu with “cheers and ovations,” Agerpres said.
Ceausescu, 71, also called for the annulment of the 1939 Soviet-Nazi Germany treaty that agreed to the partition of much of Eastern Europe among the powers, Agerpres reported.
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