{"id":11423,"date":"2026-06-28T03:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/serbias-president-aleksandar-vucic-to-resign-within-weeks-amid-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T03:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:57:40","slug":"serbias-president-aleksandar-vucic-to-resign-within-weeks-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/serbias-president-aleksandar-vucic-to-resign-within-weeks-amid-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia&#8217;s President Aleksandar Vucic to Resign Within Weeks Amid Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia\u2019s President <a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/aleksandar-vucic\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Aleksandar Vucic<\/a> announced on Saturday that he will resign within weeks, paving the way for early presidential and parliamentary elections. This decision follows months of youth-led protests that have challenged his presidency and governance.<\/p>\n<p>Vucic made the announcement during a pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/government\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">government<\/a> rally in Belgrade, stating, \u201cI will be president for only a couple of weeks, and then I will resign.\u201d He expressed confidence in his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party&#039;s chances in the upcoming elections, asserting, \u201cWe will win more convincingly than ever before.\u201d This statement indicates his intention to<\/p>\n<p>support his party in the electoral process, suggesting a strategic move to maintain influence even after his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>While Vucic did not specify the exact date of his resignation or when the elections would take place, his current presidential mandate is set to expire in mid-2027. He has been in power for 14 years, during which he has gradually consolidated his authority, raising concerns about democratic practices in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes in the wake of significant unrest in Serbia, where tens of thousands have protested since November 2024. These protests were ignited by the Novi Sad rail station disaster, which resulted in 16 fatalities and sparked widespread public outrage against the government.<\/p>\n<p>The protests have been characterized by calls for accountability and reform, reflecting deep-seated frustrations among the youth and broader population.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the protests, hundreds of individuals were detained, and the European Union criticized Serbia&#039;s police for excessive force and arbitrary arrests. The unrest also led to the resignation of former Prime Minister Milos Vucevic in January 2025, highlighting the political instability that has emerged in the country as a result of public discontent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia&#8217;s President Aleksandar Vucic announced he will resign within weeks, prompting early elections following months of protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[879,881,471,587,723,880,878],"class_list":["post-11423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-aleksandar-vucic","tag-elections","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-protests","tag-resignation","tag-serbia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11426,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11423\/revisions\/11426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}