India, June 29 -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Saturday that he would resign within weeks and call early elections, and by Sunday, thousands of protesters were back in the streets, loudly and defiantly unconvinced.

Thousands of demonstrators descended on the Serbian city of Kraljevo on Sunday, keeping up pressure on Vucic a day after he said he would step down within weeks to pave the way for early presidential and parliamentary elections. Far from treating the announcement as a victory, the crowds treated it as confirmation that the fight was far from over.

Under Serbian law, Vucic cannot seek another presidential term in any case, and many protesters and analysts expect him to switch to the more powerful office of p...