Even today in Romania, the police, military and security services, collectively known here as the 'state police apparatus', have a huge amount of power and government influence. No political party dares touch their over bloated pensions and benefits or curb their influence.
They're pretty much above the law and untouchable. The old guard did not die with the Ceaușescus but lives on in modern clothes.
The show trial was a miscarriage of justice, because it wasn't done largely and publicly enough. Imprisoning him for appeal would have been a good idea for international relations, but his death was a point of unification of the country.
Similarly to corporations/politicians editing their pages FWIW.
Emphasis added.
(I agree.)
