Montenegrin Party

Montenegrin Party
Црногорска Партија
Crnogorska Partija
Leader Nenad Stevović
Founded 2008
Headquarters Novi Sad
Ideology Social Democracy
Montenegrin nationalism
Political position Centre-left
Colours Red, Yellow
Website
http://www.crnogorskapartija.com

Montenegrin Party (Serbian: Црногорска Партија / Crnogorska Partija) a Montenegrin minority political party in Serbia. The party is based in the town of Novi Sad in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Its goal is to represent the interests of the Montenegrin minority and its members in the National, Provincial and Municipal Assemblies.

The party is led by Nenad Stevović. After collecting 11,111 signatures, surpassing the required amount of 10,000 signatures, the Montenegrin Party was registered as a minority list in the upcoming 11 May general elections. However, their turnout at the general elections was low, only gaining 2,923 votes, failing to obtain a seat in the Serbian National Assembly.

History

The Montenegrin Party was founded in 2008 and was registered as a political party in the Serbian Ministry of Justice on 22 February 2008, becoming the first official Serbian political party to represent the Montenegrin minority in Serbia.

On 28 October 2008, the party held the Founding parliament of its municipal board for the Serbian municipality of Prokuplje. The Prokuplje Municipal Board of the Montenegrin Party will represent the Montenegrin minority of the municipality for the first time, as well as its interests and rights at local and federal levels. Delegates secretly voted eight permanent members of the municipal board, consisting of the following people: Dušan Žugić, Zoran Vučetić, Radosav Krivokapić, Dragutin Žugić, Milenko Vukašinović, Radivoje Đurđevac, Ivan Veković and Slavko Mirjačić. Of the eight, Dušan Žigić was chosen as the municipal board's president, who announced:

“ The Montenegrin Party will plead and battle for political and other interests of the national association of Montenegrins in Prokluplje and in the Toplica region in its entirety, in that sense, our hand of cooperation will be offered to all democratic political factors. Through every appreciation and respect are we fully open for cooperation, in the aim for protection of our interests and better life for all citizens of the Municipality of Prokuplje. ”

Policies

The political party stands for European integrations of Serbia.

References

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