Serbia heading for third general elections

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has decided that the country will go to early parliamentary elections – procedurally, his next step is to table a substantiated proposal to dissolve the parliament, or resign, enabling President Tomislav Nikolic to call the elections.

The polls will be the eleventh parliamentary elections, the eighth early elections and the third simultaneous parliamentary, provincial and local elections since the reintroduction of the multi-party system in Serbia.

Under the Serbian Constitution, the government’s term may end prematurely through a vote of no confidence, dissolution of the parliament and resignation of the prime minister, as well as in other cases set forth in the Constitution.

The dissolution of the parliament and the resignation of the prime minister have been the most frequent scenarios leading up to early parliamentary elections in the past.

A government whose term has ended can only handle affairs set forth by law until a new government is elected.

The previous early parliamentary elections were held in March 2014.

Source: Tanjug