Party of Freedom and Justice

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Party of Freedom and Justice
Странка слободе и правде
Stranka slobode i pravde
PresidentDragan Đilas
Vice Presidents
Founded19 April 2019 (2019-04-19)
Merger of
HeadquartersBelgrade
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
SloganMože Srbija
National Assembly
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(election boycott)
Assembly of Vojvodina
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(election boycott)
City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
ssp.rs

The Party of Freedom and Justice (Serbian: Странка слободе и правде, romanized: Stranka slobode i pravde; abbr. ССП, SSP) is a social-democratic political party in Serbia led by Dragan Đilas.

It was founded in April 2019 after a merger of the Green Ecological Party and Serbian Left. Since its inception, it has placed itself as a major and most important opposition political party in Serbia after leading two opposition alliances, the Alliance for Serbia and United Opposition of Serbia.

History[]

Background and foundation[]

The predecessors to the SSP were the Green Ecological Party and Serbian Left.[1] The main predecessor was the Green Ecological Party, which was founded in 2008 and led by Dejan Bulatović.[2][3] It was one of the founding parties of the "Civic Bloc 381" which was formed in 2018 and headed by the Movement of Free Citizens,[4] although it left the alliance in November 2018.[5] A month later, it joined the Alliance for Serbia, which was formed around Đilas in September 2018.[6] The other predecessor, Serbian Left was formed by Borko Stefanović in 2015 after leaving the Democratic Party.[7][8]

In March 2019, Đilas announced that he made an agreement to reconstruct Bulatović's party under a new name, with Đilas as the president, in order to forgo the registration process.[9] Đilas previously stated in December 2018 that he had no plans of "buying" Bulatović's party due to media speculation that arose after it joined Alliance for Serbia.[10] The founding convention of SSP was held on 19 April 2019,[11] in which Đilas was chosen as the president and Marinika Tepić, Stefanović and Bulatović as vice presidents.[11][12]

Ideology[]

The Party of Freedom and Justice is orientated towards social democracy,[13][14] and green politics.[15] It sits on the centre-left on the political spectrum,[16][17] and it advocates and supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union.[18][19]

During its founding convention, Đilas announced that the party will be fiscally focused towards economic prosperity and education,[11] and that they won't be ignoring the political status of Kosovo.[11]

Presidents of the Party of Freedom and Justice[]

No. President Birth–Death Term start Term end
1 Dragan Đilas 1967– 19 April 2019 Incumbent

Electoral results[]

Parliamentary elections[]

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Status
2020 Dragan Đilas Election boycott
0 / 250
 Steady SzS no seats
2022
0 / 250
 NS–DS–PSG–PZP

References[]

  1. ^ "Formirana Stranka slobode i pravde". Danas (in Serbian). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Registry of Political Parties" (PDF). mduls.gov.rs (in Serbian). Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ "'Zelene' stranke u Srbiji: Ujedinjavanje i umrežavanje pred izbore". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Formiran Građanski blok 381". Danas (in Serbian). 5 November 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Zelena ekološka partija napustila Građanski blok 381". N1 (in Serbian). 5 November 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Zeleni pristupili Savezu za Srbiju". Danas (in Serbian). 4 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Stefanović zadržava mandat". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ Gedošević, Blic, Tanjug, L. "Borko Stefanović napustio DS: "Sve najbolje im želim"". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  9. ^ Miloš, Miljković (11 March 2019). "Zelena ekološka partija menja ime u Stranka slobode i pravde, Đilas predsednik". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Dragan Đilas o Savezu za Srbiju i Zelenima". N1 (in Serbian). 4 December 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d "Osnovana Stranka slobode i pravde Dragana Đilasa". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  12. ^ Insajder. "Osnovana Stranka slobode i pravde, predsednik Dragan Đilas". Insajder (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  13. ^ Nadjivan, Silvia; Maximilian Schubert, Lucas (15 June 2020). Parliamentary elections in Serbia. politische-akademie.at. Renner Institute, IDM, Politische Akademie.
  14. ^ Stojanović, Marija (25 May 2021). "Evropski socijalisti žele "jaku" socijaldemokratsku opciju u Srbiji". danas.rs (in Serbian). Danas.
  15. ^ Cvetković, Ljudmila (10 May 2021). "Deo opozicije po prvi put kritikuje vlast u Srbiji zbog Kine" (in Serbian). Radio Free Europe.
  16. ^ "EP-facilitated Dialogue in Serbia: First meetings concluded, possible arrival of MEPs in June". europeanwesternbalkans.com. European Western Balkans. 10 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Serbs mark 1,000 days from killing of moderate Kosovo Serb politician". Reuters. 12 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Đilas: Srbija je deo Evrope, zaslužuje predstavnika u Evropskom parlamentu". rs.n1info.com (in Serbian). N1. 14 June 2020.
  19. ^ Cvejić, Slobodan; Spasojević, Dušan; Stanojević, Dragan; Todosijević, Bojan (November 2020). "Electoral Compass 2020, analysis of the political landscape in Serbia" (PDF). library.fes.de. Heinrich Böll Foundation.
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