Serbian Parliament Approves Cabinet Reshuffle

People ♦ Published: September 3, 2013; 10:48 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Serbian parliament has approved a profound reshuffle of Prime Minister Ivica Dacic’s cabinet.

Serbian Parliament Approves Cabinet Reshuffle / Picture: © Wikipedia / Micki

134 members of parliament were in favor of a new cabinet while 65 were opposed; 51 members of parliament abstained from voting. The number of members in the cabinet was increased from 19 to 22 whereas eleven of them are new.

For months the coalition partners had been haggling over a realignment of the government. On Friday, Dacic has officially introduced the new government team.…