Who will lead Serbia's government after the Students' List beat Aleksandar Vucic, according to the BBC?

BBC correspondent Nick Thorpe reported that the Students' List won a landslide over long-time leader Aleksandar Vucic but had been a leaderless movement, so it was still unclear who would head the government. None of its 140 newly elected deputies had political experience. Paediatric surgeon Katarina Stankovic, second on the list, was expected to be a key figure and described the task as cutting out corruption.

• Serbia's constitution gives the new parliament 30 days to assemble, then 90 days to elect a government.
• Human rights lawyer Sofia Mandic expected courts to begin pursuing stalled corruption cases and Serbia to turn back towards the EU.

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“I hope that this is the role model for democracy for the whole world.” Katarina Stankovic · at 15:27 — open in the transcript →

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