Reelected Dead Mayor

 

Romania – In southern Romania on the village of Deveselu,  a dead mayoral candidate was reelected and won a landslide victory despite he is already dead; he died of COVID-19.His name was already too late to remove on the ballot. That reelectionist Mayor or Deveselu is Ion Aliman a member of Social Democrat Party. The villagers love him thus they gave him the victory despite his death.

Romanian villagers have re-elected their mayor by a landslide even though he died two weeks ago from Covid-19 complications, saying he had done a good job and deserved his posthumous victory.” (Edition CNN)

“Aliman won his third term as mayor of Deveselu, a village of around 3,000 people in southern Romania, with 64% of the vote, electoral bureau data showed on Monday.” (Edition CNN)

“"It is your victory," one man can be heard saying. "Know that you will be proud of us. Rest in peace."…. "He was a real mayor to us," one unnamed woman who wore a surgical mask told private television station ProTV in Deveselu. "He took the side of the village, respected all the laws. I don't think we will see a mayor like him again." “ (Edition CNN)

Villagers went to his grave and light candles.