Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia

Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia
mk name	Српска напредна странка во Македонија
Leader	Dragiša Miletić
Chairperson	Đorđe Polić
Secretary-General	Svetislav Grozdanović
Spokesperson	Vane Veličković
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Skopje
Ideology	Conservative Libertarianism, Serbian progressivism
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	Serbian Progressive Party
Colours	Red, White, Blue
Politics of the Republic of Macedonia Political parties Elections

SNSM (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска напредна странка у Македонији; СНСМ),(Macedonian Cyrillic: Српска напредна странка во Македонија; СНСМ) is a legally recognized and conclusive to 2010, an active political subject in the Republic of Macedonia (platform and program work, public prominence of leadership and party in general, some of it reflected in the media), which has a basic conservative-libertarian political platform, the core base of its way of action, which is, given the specifics of its geographic setting and local idiosyncrasies , modified both by ad hoc wide-umbrella approach in cooperation with political and other subjects of various ideological principles, platforms and programs.

SNSM shares a variety of contacts with Serbian and other NGO in Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska and elsewhere and with the core party, Republic of Serbia-centered SNS, although from the legal aspects which applies in local jurisdiction, it is a separate and independent political subject, subject to the Constitution and legislative of the Republic of Macedonia [1] [2].

SNSM (commonly referred colloquially only by the acronym "СНС" - "SNS") also puts strong premium on specifics of both chronic and acute problems of reestablishing and fortification of Serbdom (individual consciousness of oneself as an ethic Serb, in community of other Serbs). The main principle of SNSM is Serbian identity-politics and national empowerment as a hitherto marginalized ethnic group in Republic of Macedonia by means of preservation of local Serbian heritage and tradition, emphasizing the multi-ethnic character of the country, advancement of organizational and materialized forms of aid to revival of Serbian academic studies, sustaining of the Serbian language and Serbian literacy as well as aiming to higher representation of Serbian pupils in Republic of Macedonia's schooling system.

The party also rejects Anti-Slavic identity revisionism in Republic of Macedonia. To this, the practical issues of economic, infrastructural and technical problems facing Serbian community in Republic of Macedonia, with regard to local and municipal material development as well as at the level of the country in general are further goals.

Sharing of the current platform of SNSM with the same-named, previously established political party centered in the Republic of Serbia, as well as the core of elaborated principles (Serbian conservatism, individualism, minarchism, as the primary principle as opposed to collectivist nationalism of any variety), SNSM seldom exposes calls for state-level libertarian economic reform due to disparity based on maximum variety of voters estimated as possible. This is likely a result of discrepancy between the policies of the two long-time parties representing by far mostly people of the so-called “Macedonian block” VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM's regarding their economical models, both of them being based on elaborate, administration and budged-payed experts government system and wealth distribution as a means of enforcing social policy (“national rebirth ('Prerodba')” and “social justice”, respectively), thus having decisive role in setting Republic of Macedonia's economical policy once having obtained a mandate [3] [4] [5] [6].

SNSM is de facto distanced from relationships with VMRO-DPMNE, the currently (2006- ) ruling populist demo-Christian party that promotes 'macedonian nationalism' with certain specifics, which includes historical revisionism.

Although it participated in the election for the unicameral Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia (“Sobranie”) of Republic of Macedonia in 2008, SNSM failed to gain any of the 120 seats in the Parliament [7]. However, it has a number of elected local deputies and carriers of public offices on municipal level, in Kumanovo and the region of Skopska Crna Gora [8] [9].

The Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia articulates itself on the entire territory of Republic of Macedonia, but popular support and enlisted membership exists mostly from the northern part of the Country, primarily Kumanovo, city of Skopje with emphasis on Skopska Crna Gora region and to a demographically lesser extent in the towns of Tetovo, Veles, Poreč area etc.

See also

• Serbs of the Republic of Macedonia
• Serbian Progressive Party

External links

• SNSM's blog, (in Serbian)
• „Радикалите го почитуваат интегритетот на Македонија“; "Radicals respect the integrity of Macedonia", 2006, (in Macedonian)
• Собрание на Република Македонија - Избори 2008; "Parliament of Republic of Macedonia - Elections 2008", (in Macedonian)
• "Славица Ђукић Дејановић са Србима у Македонији"; "Slavica Đukić-Dejanović With Serbs in Macedonia"(in Serbian)
• СРПСКА НАПРЕДНА СТРАНКА У РЕПУБЛИЦИ МАКЕДОНИЈИ (СНСМ) "Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia (SNSM)" (in Serbian)
• U opštini Staro Nagoričane srpski u zvaničnoj upotrebi; "Serbian language became official in the Municipality of Staro Nagoričane" (in Serbian)
• Четири партии се приклучија кон опозициониот блок на СДСМ; "Four Parties Joined the Oppositional Block of SDSM" (in Macedonian)
• Odluka lokalnih vlasti u Kumanovu: i srpski jezik u službenoj upotrebi; "Decision by the Local Government in Kumanovo: Serbian language also in official use" (in Serbian)
• Декларација Скупштине дијаспоре и Срба у региону - саопштење усвојено на сабору у Београду; "Declaration of the Assembly of Diaspora and Serbs in the region - announcement accepted by the gathering in Belgrade", 05-VII-2010 (in Serbian)