this two-year period is widely seen as the most brutal whilst serbia was led by milošević. marjanović's government (with šešelj as its deputy pm), passed two of what critics consider to be the most draconian pieces of legislation in serbian political history: the university law that stripped the university of belgrade of its autonomy, opening the way for the government to install professors, deans and rectors, as well as the information law, which aimed to restrict the activities of media financed by political enemies; despite this, the media played a prominent role in the 5 october 2000 coup d'état.