Speaking at a pro-government rally in Belgrade on Saturday, Vucic said he would remain in office for only a few more weeks. He did not specify a date for his resignation or the dissolution of parliament, but said he would support his party, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), in the election campaign.
The announcement followed one and a half years of student-led anti-corruption protests. The protests were triggered by the collapse of a canopy at a railway station in Novi Sad in 2024, which killed 16 people. Demonstrators, opposition figures and human rights groups see the disaster as a sign of corruption and government mismanagement in construction projects.
Vucic’s second and final term was originally set to end in mid-2027. The next parliamentary elections were also scheduled for that year. Activists from the student movement said they would run in the upcoming elections against Vucic and the SNS.
Source: www.faz.net
