Politics Oct 7, 2026 Updated Oct 7, 2026

Vučić resigns as Serbia president to campaign as ordinary citizen

Aleksandar Vučić has submitted his resignation as president of Serbia and is now participating in the election campaign as an ordinary citizen, not as the president.
Slobodan Georgiev stated that there are no "functioning campaigns" in the current election, and that the campaign does not use state resources or open factories.
Vučić has confirmed he is running for office "as an ordinary citizen," and campaign observers have acknowledged there are no formal or institutionalized campaign structures in place.

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Aleksandar Vučić, bivši predsednik Srbije, naveo je da će učestvovati u izborima kao običan građanin, izbjegavajući uobičajenu praksu funkcionalista koji koriste državne resurse.
Novinar Slobodan Georgiev priznao je da ne postoji funkcionalna kampanja, navodeći da nema otvorenih fabrika, već samo papir, kamen i makaze.
Vučić je dao ostavku na funkciju predsednika i sada učestvuje u kampanji, obilazeći Srbiju svojom "škodom".