Open the Ceauşescus' grave

For years myths have been circulating that the grave of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife at Bucharest's Ghencea Civil Cemetery does not contain the couple's remains at all. The burial took place in 1989 in the presence of members of the military only. Years later the graves were fitted with crosses bearing the couple's names. The daily Adevărul writes that Ceauşescu's heirs now have the duty to demand that the truth come out: "The crosses have not been able to dispel doubts to this day. What if it's not the former comrades lying under the concrete slabs? Or the graves are empty? What if it's the bodies of complete strangers or - God forgive me - the skeletons of stray dogs? No end of strange scenarios are being suggested. Some say it's not the Ceauşescus who were shot but two lookalikes - and that 'the old couple' are sunning it up in Cuba. ... A first step toward dispelling these rumours would be to open the graves and carry out a DNA test. That's what Ceauşescu's heirs have been calling for all along, but the Romanian state has refused. ... They [the heirs] now have the moral duty to demand the exhumation. We owe it to the dead, and above all to our history."

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