Draza Petrovic (BETAPHOTO/MEDIJA CENTAR BEOGRAD/MO)
The Belgrade daily Danas editor-in-chief, Draza Petrovic, on March 9 said that today it was not possible to organize mass demonstrations against the editorial policy of the state public broadcaster RTS as was the case on March 9, 1991, but he did not rule out possible mass anti-regime protests in Belgrade and Serbia.
On March 9, 1991, some 100,000 people gathered in downtown Belgrade demanding resignations of top managers of RTS and TV Belgrade and three news program editors for broadcasting severe accusations and insulting comments at the expense of the Serbian Renewal Movement and other opposition parties. The TV Belgrade management then refused to air a denial written by the opposition.
Petrovic told BETA that if the people today were in the mood of March 9, 1991, protests would be held 24/7 outside most of Serbian tabloids and TV outlets.
He noted that on March 9, 1991, “the foundation” of then regime was “solid”, while some segments of the army and the police forces had turned against the Slobodan Milosevic regime on Oct. 5, 2000. “They have not yet turned against Aleksandar Vucic, but I know that there is much discontent among the army and police personnel,” Petrovic stressed.
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