Vucic: The Prime Minister's resignation could lead to early elections!
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević on Tuesday could lead to early parliamentary elections or a new chance for the ruling majority to form an entirely new government.
Speaking at a press conference hours after Vucevic resigned, Vucic said a decision would be made within the next 10 days. He rejected the opposition's demand for a caretaker government and warned that Serbia's stability had been shaken.
"Serbia will maintain stability, Serbia will maintain peace," Vučić told reporters in Belgrade. "The anger is growing every day on the other side, on the side of the majority. I have never seen such anger in my life," he added.
Vucevic's resignation was an attempt to calm political tensions fueled by weeks of mass anti-corruption protests that began after the deadly collapse of a concrete overpass at a recently renovated train station.
The November collapse at the central station in Novi Sad, one of Serbia's largest cities, killed 15 people and occurred months after it reopened, prompting accusations that the construction was unsafe.
The tragedy has become a flashpoint for wider discontent with Serbia's authoritarian rule and has led to growing public demands for transparency in the corruption-ridden country, which has carried out a rapid series of major infrastructure projects, mainly with Chinese companies.
Branimir Jovančičević, a professor at the Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade, expressed hope that Vučević's resignation is the first step towards further political changes in Serbia, where power is concentrated in the hands of the president.
"If the president thinks that replacing an essentially insignificant figure...will solve the problem...he is deeply mistaken," Jovančičević said. "This must lead to total political changes, because autocracy and dictatorship in Serbia, in the heart of Europe, must be stopped."
Protests, including one Tuesday evening in Novi Sad that drew thousands of people, have spread to streets and university campuses across the country of about 6.6 million people.
Citizens from all walks of life, including actors, farmers, lawyers and judges, have supported the student movement that has shaken Vučić, the country's most powerful political figure.
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