1 in 5 million anti-government protest: Regime in Serbia fears people's courage

He asked if there were no protests would Aleksandar Obradovic, the whistleblower who linked highest state officials with shady arms trade deals, ever be heard; or would it ever be proved that Finance Minister Sinisa Mali's doctorate was a plagiarism; or would the regime ever accepted a dialogue on election conditions under the European Union auspices?

Markovic said all that was unimaginable without people in the streets and that the protest was the only way to make changes.

He thanked people who came out during the holiday time to tell "this system that it is not good," and asked them to go to the "institution which started to open up, to the state RTS TV, to say what they wanted from them in 2020.  

The crowd made a loud noise outside the RTS building during its main evening news.