BELGRADE – At today’s extraordinary session, the Government of Serbia decided to ask Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to dissolve the parliament and call a snap election.
This was done at the initiative of Prime Minister Đuro Macut. According to the procedures, the President of Serbia is obliged to issue a decree on the dissolution of the parliament within 72 hours, or to inform the Government and public that he does not accept the proposal.
In his address at the session of the Government, Macut said that “the elections were never a sign of weakness of the state”.
“The elections are proof of the unbreakable strength of democratic Serbia, which trusts its people without reservation. We believe in a united Serbia. That is why I propose that the Government of the Republic of Serbia, in accord with the Constitution, propose to the President of the Republic to dissolve the National Assembly and call elections for MPs”, Macut stated.
In his opinion,”the election is an opportunity to consolidate institutions, to lower tensions and reject exclusivity policies, as well as to bring back the political struggle from the streets into the institutions”.
Macut stressed that until the election of a new Government, the current Government “continues to o carry out its tasks with the same energy, responsibility and at the same pace, in order to implement the goals, and contribute to the further progress of Serbia”.
“The mandate of this Government has its end, but the responsibility to the state lasts every day. I am convinced that the path that this government has taken will continue in the future”, Macut noted.
Pro-government media reported last week that snap parliamentary election in Serbia will be held on 25 October. In order for a vote to take place on that date, election must be called no later than on 10 September. This follows from the legal rules, according to which from the day of the call to the day of the election, no less than 45 or more than 60 days may pass.
