Serbia's President Vucic resigns ahead of October parliamentary elections
Vucic used his final acts in office to pardon 49 people as his resignation sets up interim rule and early presidential 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 has legislative elections scheduled for October, driven by major demonstrations following the tragedy at the Novi Sad station in November 2024.
Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic, resigned from office this Sunday in a maneuver to try to stay close to power and to dispute the position as prime minister of the Balkan country in the elections to be held in October. The strategy emulates the tactic adopted by Russian president Vladimir Putin, who in 2008 traded the Kremlin for the post linked to Parliament, in order to circumvent the limit of presidential mandates. Want to read more news …
So far president leaves office before exhausting his second term and stands for the October elections
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