PM Says University Students Entitled to Block Their Faculties, but Their Demands Are Unclear

Milos Vucevic (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said on Dec. 11 that university students were entitled to block their faculties, but that he did not understand their demands to have the documentation about a recent deadly concrete canopy collapse at the Novi Sad railway station made public.

"The documents are at the prosecutor's office. I find it strange that my fellow law school students are asking that," Vucevic told K1 TV according to the 021.rs website. He said the first demand -- for political and criminal accountability, had been met, as two ministers had resigned and an investigation into the incident was launched as quickly as possible.

Vucevic also said the Serbian government faced many challenges now that the two ministerial seats were filled -- "from resuming large infrastructure projects after the tragedy in Novi Sad, stabilizing the system, renewing optimism among citizens and supporting the families who lost loved ones." He said other challenges included Kosovo and Metohija, geopolitical circumstances and the economy.

Vucevic also said that the cabinet would be reshuffled in the spring, in May or June. "I think it'll be in the spring -- May, June, for one year. The new candidates for ministers of construction and commerce have less time to prove themselves," Vucevic said.