The way I know it, the execution was not the work of those who suffered, but orchestrated in secret by a circle in the Party/Army elite that long planned a coup and only used the unrest for their own benefit (Iliescu's rule being the end result), but I should read up on the state of research on this myself. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
One definite effect of the execution, and the fast publication of the videotape, was that the troops fighting for him gave up. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Well like Stalin, Ceauşescu has his incorrigible fans, too. According to the latest poll I could find, 23% think he is the greatest Romanian politician of the last century (while 24% think he was the one doing the most damage over the same period).
