Alliance for Serbia
The Alliance for Serbia (Serbian: Савез за Србију, romanized: Savez za Srbiju) was an extra-parliamentary catch-all opposition alliance of political parties in Serbia that was founded in September 2018. The alliance boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election, due to claims that the elections would not be held under fair conditions. The alliance officialy dissolved in August 2020, as the new alliance called United Opposition of Serbia was formed.[1]
Alliance for Serbia Савез за Србију Savez za Srbiju | |
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| Chairman | Dragan Đilas (first) Zoran Lutovac (last) |
| Founded | 2 September 2018 |
| Dissolved | 10 August 2020 |
| Succeeded by | United Opposition of Serbia (UOS) |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Political position | Big tent |
| National Assembly (2019) | 30 / 250
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| Vojvodina Assembly (2019) | 10 / 120
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| Belgrade City Assembly (2019) | 18 / 110
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| Website | |
| savez-za-srbiju.rs | |
History
Coalition was founded by Dragan Đilas in September 2018.[2] The political background of alliance members is diverse, with both left-wing, liberal, moderate, right-wing and far-right factions voicing opposition to the government. It is composed of the Democratic Party, Dveri, People's Party, Party of Freedom and Justice, as well some minor and local anti-government parties and organisations. They have called for the institution of a technocratic transitional government which would serve for a period of 1 year after which elections would be held.[3]
The Alliance have supported protests against Vučić and have signed Agreement with people along with other opposition parties on 6 February.[4]
The protests were precipitated by an assault on Borko Stefanović, one of the leaders of the Alliance.[5] The non-partisan expert group, introduced during protests, concluded there were no conditions for free and fair elections in the country, due to the lack of public communication and inequality in that process, and they drafted a comprehensive and systematic document with six demands and six annexes.[6] On September 16, 2019, the parties of the Alliance had taken a joint decision to boycott the coming parliamentary elections.[7] In October, the first round of inter-party European Parliament-mediated dialogue took place, while the Alliance for Serbia refused to participate, stating that there is no time for their demands for fair election conditions to be met before April, when the election is scheduled.[8]
Alliance composition
External links
References
- Online, Piše: Danas (2020-08-03). "SZS: Dogovoreno formiranje Udružene opozicije Srbije". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- "Formiran Savez za Srbiju" (in Serbian). N1. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- "Belgrade Protests Start Spreading Across Serbia". Balkaninsight.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- "Opozicija u Srbiji dogovorila 'Sporazum sa narodom'". RFE/RL. 6 February 2019.
- "Thousands protest in Serbia over attack on opposition politician". Reuters. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- "Civil protests' experts: No conditions for free and fair elections in Serbia". N1. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- "Opposition Alliance for Serbia declares boycott". N1. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- "First EP-mediated dialogue in Serbia: Part of the opposition refuses to participate". European Western Balkans. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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