President of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Milos Vucevic he announced the presidential and parliamentary ones elections in the fall, and stated that the party did not discuss possible presidential candidates.
"We didn't talk at all about the candidates, nor are we thinking in that direction. Our candidate will be the one who is worthy of that candidacy and who can win, whom the citizens can support, regardless of whether he is a member or not a member of a party and whether he is male or female. The most important thing is whether he is a quality and responsible person worthy of performing that function and, of course, whether he can win," Vucevic said in an interview with the Kompas weekly, SNS reported on its website.
"It is undeniable that we are facing parliamentary and presidential elections," he said, adding: "I don't know whether they will be held simultaneously or separately, but if the President of the Republic announces that he will resign in a few weeks, that means that we are also facing presidential elections," Vučević said.
"If he tells the blockaders that they will soon have the opportunity to go to the elections, I expect he is speaking in the context of the parliamentary elections, so I think that elections await us in the fall, in the ninth, tenth or eleventh month, that this is the time frame when citizens could go to the polls and elect both the new Parliament and the President of the Republic," said Vučević.
He also stated that the upcoming elections for the party are probably the most difficult since 2012.
"I hope that we go in the same column with President Vučić, that we will be a unique team. We see him as the holder and someone who is the first on the SNS list. Whether there will be a broader political composition or not, that is a matter of future agreement. I do not think that we are without a chance, but I also do not think that victory is certain. No one's victory is guaranteed and no one has certain votes in advance," said Vučević.
We remind you that Vučić declared at an earlier gathering of his supporters that he will be president for only a few more weeks and that, if the Serbian Progressive Party asks him to do so, he will help the party regain the trust of the citizens in the elections.
His statements fueled speculation that, after resigning as president, he could lead the SNS list in the parliamentary elections and then assume the position of prime minister.
Analysts see that move as a way to maintain a dominant political role, while the opposition assesses that it is a political maneuver in the midst of a months-long political crisis and protests in Serbia.
Source: Beta
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