Vucic expects to no longer be SNS leader after May 27

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening he expected to no longer be the leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) after a May 27 session of its assembly.

"I will remain a member of the party, and I believe we will elect a new party leadership on that day," Vucic told Prva TV.

He announced that the process of creating a People's Movement for the State would begin after St Vitus's Day - June 28.

When asked if this meant the SNS would cease to exist, he responded that that would never happen.

He said he wanted to form a movement that would be broader than the SNS and offer new people an opportunity to lead the country, regardless of their party affiliations in the past.

"I want us to form a movement that will be broader than the SNS and that I believe the SNS will decide to join, but a movement into which I...