Serbia’s parliament elected a new government on Wednesday, April 16th, led by a political novice after months of student-led anti-corruption protests brought down the previous administration.
The Balkan nation has been mired in political turmoil since former prime minister Miloš Vučević and other senior officials resigned in January amid marathon protests sparked by a railway station disaster that left 16 people dead.
“Serbia is tired of divisions and blockades,” the newly elected Premier Đuro Macut, an endocrinologist, said while presenting the proposed cabinet in parliament.
It includes 20 members of the previous cabinet, among them the heavyweight finance, interior, and defence ministers.
The opposition, which said the government shuffle would only deepen the crisis, had pushed for a transitional government to pave the way for new elections.
