Civic Platform (Serbia)
Civic Platform (Template:Lang-sr) is a political association in Serbia. It was formed in 2017 by former members of the Dosta je bilo (DJB) organization. The Civic Platform has two members of the National Assembly of Serbia and is boycotting the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.
Formation and history
The Civic Platform was founded in April 2017 by assembly members Aleksandra Čabraja, Sonja Pavlović and Jovan Jovanović, all of whom had been elected in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election on the DJB electoral list. In announcing its formation, Jovanović indicated that the Civic Platform was also supported by citizens and by thirteen councillors in central Belgrade.[1]
The Civic Platform supported Saša Janković's bid for the Serbian presidency in the 2017 Serbian presidential election.[2] In May 2017, the three members of this group joined with two parliamentarians from the New Party to start a new parliamentary caucus known as the Independent MPs Club.[3]
Čabraja was excluded from the Independent MPs Club on 25 March 2019 and subsequently charged that the club had become a de facto extension of the Alliance for Serbia coalition. Jovanović rejected this charge.[4]
Along with several other opposition parties, the Civic Platform is boycotting the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.[5]
References
- ^ "Troje bivših poslanika DJB formiralo udruženje 'Građanska platforma'", Nova srpska politička misao, 21 April 2017, accessed 17 June 2020.
- ^ Bivši poslanici Dosta je bilo podržavaju Jankovića, mondo.rs, 28 February 2017, accessed 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Bivši poslanici DJB i Nove stranke osnovali novi poslanički klub", Blic (source: Tanjug), 31 May 2017, accessed 14 August 2017.
- ^ Mirjana Čekerevac, "Iz Kluba samostalnih poslanika „izbrisani” Živković i Čabraja", Politika, 25 March 2019, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Opozicija: Intenzivirane podele, postoji realna opasnost od građanskih sukoba", N1, 3 May 2020, accessed 17 June 2020.