Vucic nominates Brnabic to serve as Serbian PM
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has nominated the outgoing prime minister, Ana Brnabic, to be premier once again.
Belgrade, The Gulf Observer: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has nominated the outgoing prime minister, Ana Brnabic, to be premier once again and form a government to lead the country through a time of war in Europe, global energy and inflation crises and tensions with Kosovo.
The announcement came more than five months after their party, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), won most votes in a national election. The formal announcement of results was delayed by voting irregularities at one polling station, preventing parliament from being convened.
Vucic said he had “limitless trust” in Brnabic, 46, who became Serbia’s first female and openly gay premier in 2020. He also said the new government would face a major overhaul in 2024, two years ahead of new elections, but did not elaborate.
The ruling party has 120 seats in the 250-seat parliament so it will have to seek partners to form a government. The Socialists and the List Of Vojvodina Hungarians, both traditional partners of the SNS, have 31 and five deputies respectively.
Brnabic is expected to present the composition of the cabinet and its policy programme to parliament in the coming weeks. One of her main tasks on the world stage will be to balance Serbia’s ambitions to join the European Union, the country’s single biggest trading partner, with pressures to preserve strong ties with Russia and China.
