(2 Jan 1997) T/I: 10:56:47
Thousands of people braved freezing afternoon temperatures in Belgrade on Thursday (2/1) to attend a protest rally in the centre of the Yugoslav capital. Opposition leaders, including Serbian Renewal Movement head Vuk Draskovic, addressed the huge crowd.
Meanwhile leading Orthodox Church clerics meeting on Thursday issued a
statement which appeared to offer support to the protestors. They called on the government to recognise that mistakes had been made during the recent local elections.
SHOWS:
BELGRADE, SERBIA 2/1/97:
High shot over demo in square;
High WS of opposition leaders arriving;
VS crowd;
CU address;
VS crowd shots;
People make three fingered sign of Opposition;
CU man;
SOT: Vuk Draskovic (in english) "The end of the Milosevic rule and the
beginning of the new European democratic Serbia."
High WS of demonstration;
SOT: Milan Bozic, Vice President of the Serbian Renewal Movement (in
english) saying "the church openly stated for the first time that they are siding with us which means they are supporting democratic change in Serbia. This is a good sign. It means one of the most conservative institutions, one that was reluctant to take sides, or to be frank one which has taken sides with the government now opens it's door to democratic changes. We look at this as an important sign of the changes in Serbia as a whole."
CU of statement issued by church;
WS Tilt down exterior Orthodox Church;
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