Peasants Party of Serbia
Peasants Party of Serbia Seljačka Stranka Srbije | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Dissolved | 2009 |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
The Peasants Party of Serbia (Serbian: Сељачка странка Србије or Seljačka stranka Srbije) was a political party in Serbia.
It was founded in 1990 by Živko Selaković. In the 1990 legislative election, it won 1,1% and 2 seats. In the 1992 legislative election it won 2,7% and 3 seats. In the 1997 election it was part of an alliance around the Democratic Alternative headed by Nebojša Čović and won no seats. In the 2000 election it was part of the Party of Serbian Unity list and won one seat.
On 23 January 2003 it formed a new parliamentary group "Serbia" with the United Pensioners' Party and three former members of New Serbia.[1] One day later, the UPP withdrew from the parliamentary group.[2] It was later joined by the People's Peasant Party, which was expelled from the Vojvodina Coalition.[3] On 9 February 2003 a bomb was set outside Selaković's family home in Žarkovo. Allegedly, he had been receiving threats from Party of Serbian Unity leaders Borislav Pelević and Dragan Marković Palma. Pelević denied threatening Selaković and condemned the attack.[4][5]
On 30 December 2009 the PPS merged into the Social Democratic Party of Serbia and ceased to exist.[6]