Serbia's parliament on Wednesday approved politically inexperienced medical professor Djuro Macut as Prime Minister of the Balkan country, following months of anti-corruption protests that led his predecessor to resign, APA reports citing Reuters.
The vote was a formality since the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of populist President Aleksandar Vucic has a majority of 156 deputies in the 250-seat parliament. Opposition parties had demanded a transitional government prior to elections due in 2027, which Vucic and his allies rejected.
The new government will have 31 ministers, 22 of whom served under former Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, who resigned amid protests that began in November following a roof collapse at a train station in Novi Sad which killed 16 people.
Macut said his government wants an end to the protests and called for a dialogue with the protesters.
"Serbia is tired of blockades," Macut said in his address to deputies.
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