 Becali was criticized for this, as it might be unfair for the ones who only through effort managed to pay the energy bills.Alex Savitescu, said "crime becomes not only understood, accepted, but rewarded".According to a poll made by students from SNSPA (The National School for Political and Administrative Studies) two days after the protests, if elections where to be held the following Sunday, 93% of people from Zăbrăuți would go to vote and 70% would vote for Gigi Becali as President, and 55.1% would vote for his party, the New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (PNG).