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BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Tuesday announced his resignation, becoming the highest ranking official to leave since anti-corruption protests spread across the country.
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned, following nationwide protests over the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy. He said he had acted "to avoid further complicating things ...
Serbian prime minister Milos Vucevic has resigned, becoming the most significant political casualty as mass anti-corruption protests continue to sweep across the country.. Belgrade has been the ...
The resignation must be confirmed by Serbia’s parliament, which has 30 days to choose a new government or call a snap election. Pro-government media said President Vucic will attend a Cabinet session on Tuesday evening to decide whether a new prime minister-designate will be appointed or an early election called.
The prime minister's resignation could lead to an early parliamentary election or to the ruling majority, led by the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party founded by Vucic and led by Vucevic, trying to form a new government. Vucic said at a news conference hours after Vucevic resigned that the decision will be made within the next 10 days.
The current prime minister, Miloš Vučević (who is also the current president of the Serbian Progressive Party) was nominated by the president of the Republic, Aleksandar Vučić, and elected and appointed along with his cabinet by the National Assembly on 2 May 2024. [3]
After his election as prime minister in 2014, Vučić promoted austerity-based economic policies, whose aim was to reduce Serbia's budget deficit. Vučić's policy of fiscal consolidation was primarily aimed at cuts in the public sector.
In addition to other demonstrations, protesters held the weekly "Stop, Serbia" (Serbian: Застани, Србијо, Zastani, Srbijo) traffic blockades, conducted from 11:52 am, the time when the canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, to 12:07 pm, in order to symbolically mark the 15 lives lost in the disaster.