 On 28 June 1989, the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Đujić granted the title of "vojvoda" to Vojislav Šešelj.He further ordered him "to expel all Croats, Albanians, and other foreign elements from holy Serbian soil", stating he would return only when Serbia was cleansed of "the last Jew, Albanian, and Croat".Šešelj was at the time an anti-communist dissident.