Zagreb, 5 September 2026 (Hina/MIA) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who has spent days campaigning for snap elections, said Friday he was "ready to accept the will" of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party SNS if it backed his candidacy for prime minister, and that he would call elections "in a few days."

"If I have the support of SNS members to be the candidate for prime minister, my idea is for the future government to have no more than 12 ministers," Vučić told TV Informer and TV Niš ahead of Saturday's SNS main board meeting in Niš.

He said this would be the smallest government in Serbia's history, but one that was "fast, efficient and strong."

Vučić has repeatedly said he wants to become prime minister after completing his second presidential term, after which the Constitution bars him from seeking another term. To do so, he would first have to resign as president.

"We’ll see tomorrow whether that decision will be made. I said I was ready to accept their will," he said.

Vučić, who stepped down as SNS leader in May 2023 and was succeeded by then Defence Minister Miloš Vučević, also said he would call the elections on Sept. 9 or 10.