Original sentence: Born in Olteniţa, he studied electrical engineering at the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute and then as a foreign student at the Energy Institute of the Moscow University.However, in 1971, he was marginalized by Nicolae Ceauşescu and he was sacked from all his political functions and assigned as a vicepresident of the Council of the Timiş County (1971-1974) and then president of the Council of Iaşi County (1974-1979).Over 1,000,000 votes have been cancelled, facing prospects of wide-spread fraud
Edited sentence: Born in Olteniţa, he studied electrical engineering at the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute and then as a foreign student at the Moscow University.However, in 1971, he was marginalized by Nicolae Ceauşescu and he was sacked from all his political functions and assigned as a vicepresident of the Council of the Timiş County (1971-1974) and then president of the Counciel of Iaşi County (1974-1979).Over 1.000.000 votes have been cancelled, facing prospects of wide-spread fraud.The 2000 elections were considered by many to be a choice between two evils of almost equal magnitude, where the least prevailed.This was due to the low turnout, that ensued after the very disappointing CDR government, a government in which many had all their hopes