The resignation of the Serbian president, Aleksander Vučić, from the position of the party's chairman did not pass without catching the attention of the major world media. The Associated Press describes this move as a tactic to create a broader political movement as it faces a wave of anti-government protests, writes Danas.
According to them, Vucic has often been criticized for continuing to hold two positions, that of president and party chairman. According to analysts, this is an attempt by the president of Serbia to regroup as many people as possible after a decade in power and after ever-increasing public pressure.
The Associated Press mentions the mass protests that are being organized after the two tragic events, and also mentions the protesters' accusations against the government for creating an atmosphere of hate speech against political opponents and relentless propaganda campaigns in the Serbian mainstream media.
The US agency writes that the opposition parties have vowed to continue the demonstrations until their demands are met, which include the dismissal of the interior minister and the head of the intelligence service, the removal of broadcasting licenses for two pro-government television stations and the dismissal of the media monitoring.
Meanwhile, the French medium FP also wrote about the new movement of the president of Serbia, saying that the rally organized on Friday resembled an election campaign.
'France Press' reported the statement of the executive director of the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID), Bojan Klaçar, who said that the creation of a new political movement is "a way to overcome the crises that could potentially erupt within SNS".
Klaçar added that Vucic wants to secure another political mandate by creating a new movement.
At the suggestion of Vucic, the current Minister of Defense Milosh Vucevic was elected as the chairman of SNS. Vucic's party has faced intense public pressure for almost a month, following two mass killings in early May in which 18 people, including nine students, were killed at a school in Belgrade.
Since then, several tens of thousands of people, led by the opposition, take to the streets of Belgrade once a week to protest against violence in the media and in the political sphere.