Serbian Party Oathkeepers
The Serbian Party Oathkeepers (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска странка Заветници, romanized: Srpska stranka Zavetnici, SSZ) is a far-right political party in Serbia.
Serbian Party Oathkeepers Српска странка Заветници Srpska stranka Zavetnici | |
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| Abbreviation | SSZ |
| President | Stefan Stamenkovski |
| Spokesperson | Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski |
| Founded | 15 February 2012 |
| Split from | Serbian Radical Party |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Colors | Blue |
| Slogan | "Za slobodnu Srbiju" ("For a free Serbia") |
| National Assembly | 10 / 250 |
| Assembly of Vojvodina | 0 / 120 |
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 4 / 110 |
| Website | |
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The party's previous name was Serbian Movement Oathkeepers (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски сабор Заветници, romanized: Srpski sabor Zavetnici). The party defines itself as a conservative and Russophilic political party and it opposes membership to European Union and NATO. It participated in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.
History
They participated in the parliamentary election in 2014 under a coalition called "Patriotic Front" but the coalition only got 4,514 votes. They also participated in the parliamentary election that took in 2016 in which they got 27,690 votes.
Ideology
Serbian Party Oathkeepers is positioned on the far-right on the political spectrum.[1][2][3][4] It is an ultranationalist party,[5][6] and it is staunchly socially conservative.[2] It is also opposed to illegal immigration.[7] SSZ opposes the European Union and NATO, and it supports establishing closer ties with Russia.[2][3][8]
Electoral results
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # of seats | Seat change | Coalitions | Government |
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| 2014 | Milica Đurđević Stamenovski | 4,514 | 0.13% | 0 / 250 |
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Patriotic front | non-parliamentary |
| 2016 | 27,690 | 0.73% | 0 / 250 |
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non-parliamentary | ||
| 2020 | 45,950 | 1.43% | 0 / 250 |
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non-parliamentary | ||
| 2022 | 141,227 | 3.71% | 10 / 250 |
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Presidential elections
| Year | # | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | 2nd round votes | % |
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| 2022 | 5th | Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski | 160,545 | 4.23% | — | — |
References
- Dragojlo, Saša (1 March 2022). "Serbian Far-Right Group to Hold Pro-Russia Rally". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- Mörner, Ninna (2022). The Many Faces of the Far Right in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Study of Far-Right Movements and Identity in the Region. Malmö: Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies. p. 148. ISBN 978-91-85139-13-2.
- Biserko, Sonja (2014). Ekstremizam: Kako prepoznati društveno zlo (in Serbian). Belgrade: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prva u Srbiji. ISBN 978-86-7208-198-5.
- Imamović, Mirza (4 March 2022). "The Radical Right in the Post-fascist Era". Društvene i humanističke studije (Online). 7 (1(18)): 15–42. doi:10.51558/2490-3647.2022.7.1.15. ISSN 2490-3647.
- "Serbian Ultranationalists Making Mark Despite Failure At The Ballot Box". RFE/RL. 12 March 2018.
- "Digitalni šovinizam na Fejsbuku: Dani srpskih nacionalističkih mrmota". voice.org.rs (in Serbian). VOICE. 15 March 2020.
- "Migranti i vakcina glavne teme za desnicu u Srbiji". boom93.com (in Serbian). Boom93. 16 May 2020.
- "ZAVETNICI u centrali Putinove stranke; formira se srpski lobi u Rusiji!". srbin.info (in Serbian). Srbin Info. 12 December 2017.
