Published: June 14, 2026 at 08:05 AM
Updated: June 14, 2026 at 06:20 PM
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Vucic links resignation talk to higher-education changes and a June 27 gathering
Danas first analyzed the legal scenario if Aleksandar Vucic resigns: Ana Brnabic would become acting president and a new election would have to be called within 90 days. Later, Danas, Novosti and N1 covered his TV Prva appearance: Vucic said that before resigning he would seek a majority for education changes, and that on June 27 outside parliament he would announce the list name and slogans; N1 separately noted his claim that he was allegedly banned from N1 and the newsroom's response that he had refused invitations for 11 years.
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If Vucic resigns, Ana Brnabic would become a person with Serbia's three most important offices
(Ukoliko Vučić podnese ostavku, Ana Brnabić bi postala osoba sa tri najvažnije funkcije u Srbiji)
Danas writes that if Aleksandar Vucic resigns before the end of his term, the law would make parliament speaker Ana Brnabic acting president; she has already been prime minister and now leads the National Assembly. The article recalls that the previous female acting presidents were Natasa Micic from December 29, 2002 to February 4, 2004, and Slavica Djukic Dejanovic from April 5 to May 31, 2012. Under Article 17 of the president law, Brnabic could represent Serbia domestically and abroad, receive diplomatic credentials, exercise defense powers and command the Serbian Armed Forces, promulgate laws by decree, dissolve parliament when constitutionally required, and nominate a prime minister-designate. Danas also lays out two political calendar options: combining presidential and parliamentary elections if parliament is dissolved on the government's proposal, or holding only a presidential vote if the government is reconstructed and Vucic is potentially given a cabinet mandate.
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What Vucic promised to do before resigning
("Uradiću to, taman da im bude prvi razlog za streljanje kad pobede na izborima": Šta je Vučić obećao da će uraditi pre nego što podnese ostavku?)
Danas quotes Vucic's TV Prva appearance: before resigning, he said, he would try to secure a National Assembly majority to change the education system, especially higher education. He said he would call parties to build that majority and wanted competition plus a chance for children with less money to study at better universities, while Serbia's universities would be improved. The outlet notes that Vucic has announced foreign universities before, but that has not happened so far.
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Vucic invited citizens to come outside parliament on June 27
("POZIVAM SVE GRAĐANE DA DOĐU 27. JUNA ISPRED SKUPŠTINE" Vučić do detalja razobličio ideologiju blokadera)
Novosti frames the same appearance as a detailed takedown of the "blockaders' ideology" and reports Vucic's invitation to a June 27 afternoon gathering outside the National Assembly. According to the article, he said he would then announce the list name, slogans, and plan, and set up ballot boxes so citizens could choose priorities such as wages, pensions, social benefits, and other topics. The same article also carries his pledge to secure a parliamentary majority for education changes before resigning and his wording that he would not "shorten the mandate" but would resign.
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Vucic claims he has been banned from N1
(Vučić tvrdi da mu je zabranjen pristup na N1: Neće da me puste da ti njihovi frustrirani ne čuju šta je stvarna istina)
N1 reported that during his June 14 TV Prva appearance Vucic said he had been banned from N1 and claimed the newsroom would not let him on air so viewers would not hear him answer what he called their lies. He also said N1 and Nova S allegedly did not allow SNS to pay for campaign ads, comparing it to the Nazi period of 1933-1935. In the article, N1 responds that Sandro Gozi and Vucic inviting each other into the program was judged an unacceptable format, while Vucic himself, according to N1, had been invited several times over 11 years and refused. The same article notes that Vucic again said he plans to resign in the next three to four months, but did not answer whether snap parliamentary elections would be called alongside the presidential vote.
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