Independent Bloc (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Independent Bloc Nezavisni Blok | |
|---|---|
| President | Senad Šepić |
| Founded | 9 September 2017 |
| Split from | Party of Democratic Action |
| Headquarters | Dolina 11, Sarajevo |
| Political position | Centre |
| Slogan | "Poštena država" "Honest country" |
| House of Representatives | 3 / 42
|
| House of Peoples | 0 / 15
|
| House of Representatives of the FB&H | 0 / 98
|
| House of Peoples of FB&H | 0 / 58
|
| Website | |
| http://nezavisniblok.ba/ | |
The Independent Bloc ( Bosnian: Nezavisni Blok or NB) is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The Independent Bloc was founded in 2017 [1] after three SDA members of the House of Representatives, Senad Šepić, Sadik Ahmetović and Salko Sokolović, received warnings from SDA's president Bakir Izetbegovic that they will be removed from the party because they voted against increasing excise taxes for petroleum and petroleum products. Not willing to vote on the excise taxes SDA removed Senad Šepić and gave a "penalty card" to the other two.[2] Not long after all of them left the party and formed the delegates club of the Independent Bloc which would soon after become a separate political party.
References
- ^ "U Sarajevu osnovan Nezavisni blok, za predsjednika izabran Senad Šepić (FOTO)". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ^ "Šepić isključen iz SDA, trojici funkcionera ukor". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2018-10-06.