Serb List (2006)

For other uses, see Serb List.
Serb List
Српска листа
Srpska lista
Leader Andrija Mandić
Founded 2006
Dissolved January 24, 2009 (2009-01-24)
Merger of Serb People's Party,
People's Socialist Party, others
Merged into New Serb Democracy
Headquarters Podgorica
Ideology National conservatism[1]
Conservatism[2]
Serbian–Montenegrin unionism[1]
National affiliation New Serb Democracy
Politics of Montenegro
Political parties
Elections

Srpska Lista (Serbian: Српска листа/Srpska lista; SL) was a political alliance in Montenegro between 2006 and 2009.

As a representative of the Serbs of Montenegro, Srpska Lista advocated special ties between Montenegro and Serbia, Serbian citizenship for Serbs in Montenegro, and protection of the Serbian language and Serbian Orthodox Church (its Montenegrin branch, the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral) as the official language and church in Montenegro, respectively.

At the elections in Montenegro, on September 10, 2006, the party won 12 out of 81 seats, with 49,730 votes (14.68%). It was the strongest opposition list in the Parliament. In contrast to other political coalitions, Srpska lista was not simply a coalition of parties, but an entity on its own; for instance, the MPs elected on its list are not considered to represent the party they originally come from, but Srpska lista.

Besides the Serb People's Party of Montenegro, the coalition consisted of various organizations and individuals which present themselves as protectors of the Serbs of Montenegro:

Local cooperation was also established with the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia and the Democratic Centre of Boka and the NGOs Matrica Boke and Matrica Brde.

In late 2007 Srpska lista representative signed the Opposition Charter, uniting with the Movement for Changes, the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, the People's Party, the Democratic Serb Party, the Bosniak Party, the Albanian Alternative and the Democratic League in Montenegro into a standing bloc to oppose a Constitutional draft proposed and attempted to be imposed by the ruling DPS-SDP coalition. Srpska lista fiercely opposed renaming the official language of the country from Serbian to Montenegrin.

The alliance merged with the national-conservative Serb People's Party and the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro into the New Serb Democracy, formed on 24 January 2009.[3] Those who did not accepted the merger gathered around the Serb National List, claiming to be the original heir of Srpska Lista. A new party named Srpska Lista was established again on 5 January 2012.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram, "Montenegro", Parties and Elections in Europe, retrieved 8 October 2012
  2. ↑ Slomp, Hans (2011), Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics, ABC-CLIO, p. 591
  3. ↑ "News - Montenegrin opposition unites". B92. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  4. ↑ Радио телевизија Републике Српске: Српска листа нова партија у Црној Гори, Приступљено 25. 4. 2013.
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