Anti-bureaucratic revolution refers to a series of rallies, called "Rallies of Truth", in which the Milošević's supporters succeeded in overthrowing local governments of autonomous Vojvodina and Kosovo, as well as Montenegro, and replacing them with allies of Milošević. When they wanted to do the same in Ljubljana, Slovenia in December 1989, in an action named "Action North" Slovene police forces with the help of Croatian police forces prevented it and the action can be considered the first Slovenian defense action against the Milošević's supporters attacks, leading to Slovenian independence.
Its name is derived from a revolt against bureaucratic and corrupt governing structures, and is widely considered as a stage in Milošević's strengthening of power through populism, and the expansion of centralised influence the neighbouring republic of Montenegro and Serbia's autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo (which were at the time not dependent on Serbia's central government following the 1974 Yugoslav constitution, but did remain nominally within Serbia). The events were condemned by communist governments of western Yugoslav republics (especially SR Slovenia and SR Croatia).
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