Same opposition, 18 years after overthrow of Milosevic

The Democratic Party will mark the anniversary of democratic changes in Serbia with an exhibition at the party premises in Vracar that will be attended by its leader Zoran Lutovac, the president of the New Party, Zoran Zivkovic. and the president of the Social Democratic Party, Boris Tadic.

On this occasion, Citizens Block 381 (Free Citizens Movement, Green Environmental Party - Greeny, Hungarian Movement, Sumadija Region and Tolerance Coalition) will organize a protest walk from the plateau in front of the National Assembly House.

Demonstrations in Belgrade erupted after Milosevic refused to recognize the results of the election for the president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In the September 24, 2000 elections, Milosevic lost to DOS candidate and leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Kostunica.

Demonstrators were on the plateau in front of the then Federal Assembly (today the Serbian National Assembly), arriving from all over Serbia in columns of cars, buses and trucks tens of kilometers longs, using bulldozers to break through roadblocks set up by the police.

As early as in the afternoon, the police used tear gas to prevent demonstrators from entering the Assembly, but unsuccessfully. The building of the Federal Assembly was demolished and set on fire, as well as the building of state broadcaster RTS in Takovska Street.

The police quickly ceased to resist, and largely joined the citizens.

On the evening of October 5, 2000, the new FRY President Vojislav Kostunica addressed the citizens from the terrace of the Belgrade Assembly, and on the following day, October 6, Milosevic recognized the election defeat and congratulated Kostunica.

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