Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic declared on Saturday that he plans to step down from his position in the forthcoming weeks, while also issuing a formal call for early presidential and parliamentary elections to take place.<\/p>\n
Addressing a crowd of supporters at a rally held in Belgrade, Vucic stated, \u201cI will be president for only a few weeks, and then I will resign.\u201d His current tenure, which represents his second and final term in office, was originally set to conclude in the middle of 2027.<\/p>\n
This political shift follows approximately eighteen months of persistent, student-led protests throughout the country. The civil unrest was ignited by a tragic incident in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad, where the collapse of a railway station canopy resulted in the deaths of 16 individuals. Those taking part in the demonstrations have consistently called for the government to hold early elections.<\/p>\n
Vucic noted that he intends to actively assist his political faction, the Serbian Progressive Party, in securing a victory during the upcoming electoral process, which will encompass snap parliamentary elections that were initially slated to occur next year. However, the president did not provide a specific timeline for his official departure, nor did he name a date for the dissolution of parliament, which remains a mandatory procedural step to facilitate early legislative voting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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