Serbia's President Vucic resigns ahead of October parliamentary elections
- On Sunday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned, ending his second five-year term to lead the Serbian Progressive Party in the Oct. 25 parliamentary ballot and pursue the prime ministership.
- The Serbian Constitution prohibits the President from seeking a third consecutive term, prompting Vučić to shift his focus toward the premiership, which formally holds greater executive authority in Serbia.
- Following the resignation, outgoing Parliament speaker Ana Brnabić will serve as acting president until a new speaker is appointed after the Oct. 25 election to schedule a presidential vote.
- Analysts observe a tight race as a student-backed election list polls close to Vučić's party amid persistent allegations of corruption and democratic backsliding under his administration.
- Vučić claims foreign powers intend to "destroy the state" during the election, while Serbia's European Union membership bid remains stalled over persistent democratic concerns.
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Serbia's President Vucic resigns as ruling party faces youth-backed opposition
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic announced his resignation on Sunday, seven months before his tenure was originally scheduled to expire. 56-year-old Vucic ended his second and final five-year term amid campaigning for the October 25 snap parliamentary vote to elect 250 members of the National Assembly. His departure sets the stage for early presidential elections and allows him to be appointed Prime Minister if the Serbian Progressive Par…
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Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic appointed Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was recovered by early two years of protests. Vucic's second presidential term would otherwise end in May next...
Jornal Expresso
ObservadorThe holding of early elections was one of the main demands of a student movement born after the collapse, in November 2024, of a coverage at the railway station of Novi Sad, which caused 16 deaths
Predsjednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić podnio je u nedjelju navečer ostavku na tu dužnost u namjeri da se, kako je rekao, kao običan građanin uključi u campanju za prijevremene parliamentarne izbore raspisane za 25. listopada poslije kojih, ako pobijedi […] Objava Vučić podnio ostavku: “Želim se kao običan građanin uključiti u campanju” pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
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