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The most controversial part of the issue was the regime-friendly op-ed piece titled " Nećemo da podstičemo nasilje " ( We don't want to encourage violence ) signed by Peter Kelbel who wrote it claiming to represent the paper's owners.

In the piece he criticizes the protesters and indirectly supports the regime, saying among other things that " Yugoslavia needs creative people and not wolves who follow the wolf-leader and hunt in packs "-a veiled reference to opposition leader Vuk Drašković whose first name Vuk translates to " wolf ".

Clearly, since certain influential individuals within the state apparatus were unhappy with the paper's reporting, Blic made guarantees to decrease reporting on the protests and to decrease circulation for the time being.

Blic publishers caved in under state pressure and drastically reduced the number of political pages.