Vucic: Gov't must be reshuffled as urgently as possible

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday evening he wanted an enormous and the most urgent possible government reshuffle that he expected to see over 50 per cent of current ministers replaced.

"These difficult political times have shown who is ready to fight and who is not, who is ready to work and who is not, and who hides in a hole and who does not. Accordingly, I expect over 50 per cent of current ministers to be replaced in a very, very urgent reshuffle," Vucic said in a public address from the Palace of Serbia.

"The work must be continued and the country must function," he said.

"The country must function and there is no task that is more important for a government than organising life and progress of the standard of living, and it needs to deal with that," Vucic added.