in 1989, the national salvation front came into power. it was led by ion iliescu. when they came into power, several other parties from before world war ii were remade. these included the christian-democratic national peasants' party, the national liberal party and the romanian social democrat party. in april 1990, as a result of several rallies, protests started. the people who protested did not recognize the results of the election. this was because they thought that members of the national salvation front were communists. more and more people protested, and it became a demonstration – a very big protest. this was called the golaniad, and it became very violent.