Serbian lawmakers approved the resignation of Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, starting a countdown for either a new government to be formed or a snap election held amid massive anti-graft rallies.

Hundreds of thousands gathered in capital Belgrade last Saturday in what has emerged as the biggest challenge to President Aleksandar Vucic in the more than a decade he’s dominated politics as prime minister or president. The Balkan nation has been rocked by demonstrations since November, when a roof collapse at a railway station killed 15 people.

Serbia may hold early elections unless a new government is formed by April 18, Parliamentary Speaker Ana Brnabic told reporters in Belgrade on Wednesday after the vote on the premier’s departure. The debate was boycotted by opposition deputies, who also disrupted a session earlier this month by firing smoke grenades and pepper spray at lawmakers from the ruling coalition.

Students and opposition activists have taken to the streets in recent months, accusing Vucic and his allies of mismanagement and corruption which led to the tragedy. Arrests of officials suspected of corruption and a series of high-profile ministerial resignations before Vucevic’s have failed to quell public anger.

Vucic has rejected opposition demands for a transitional, non-partisan government, accusing opponents of trying to come to power without elections.

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