Independent Democratic Serb Party















































Independent Democratic Serb Party


Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka
Самостална демократска српска странка

President
Milorad Pupovac[1]
Founder Vojislav Stanimirović
Founded 5 March 1997 (1997-03-05)[2]
Headquarters
Vukovar, Croatia
Ideology
Serb minority politics
Social democracy
Anti-fascism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position
Centre-left to left-wing
European Parliament group
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats[3]
Colours
             Official

     Unofficial
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Website
sdss.hr

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The Independent Democratic Serb Party (Croatian: Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka or SDSS, Serbian Cyrillic: Самостална демократска српска странка, СДСС) is a social democratic political party of Croatian Serbs.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Electoral results


  • 3 Self-definition


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History


It was formed in 1997 led by Vojislav Stanimirović. In the Croatian parliamentary election, 2003, it beat its main rival, the Serb People's Party (SNS), taking all three seats reserved for Serb representatives in the Croatian parliament.


After the elections, the Independent Democratic Serb Party made an agreement with the winning Croatian Democratic Union led by Ivo Sanader in which they agreed on fulfilling several SDSS demands such as refugee return, strengthening of national equality, judicial reform and cooperation with neighbouring countries. In the Croatian parliamentary election, 2007, they retained their three seats in the Parliament. In the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, their member Slobodan Uzelac received the position of vice-president of government. In the Croatian parliamentary election, 2011, they again won their three seats in the Parliament on the Serbian minority electoral list.



Electoral results























































Croatian Parliament
Year
% of popular vote
Overall seats won
District XII
District XII
(Serb seats)
Government

2003
1.99%


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3 / 8




3 / 3


government support

2007
2.0%


3 / 151




3 / 8




3 / 3


government

2011
2.0%


3 / 151




3 / 8




3 / 3


government support

2015
2.0%


3 / 151




3 / 8




3 / 3


opposition

2016
2.0%


3 / 151




3 / 8




3 / 3


government support


Self-definition


The SDSS is a democratic party of liberal and social democratic orientation, but in the present circumstances, it is also a Serb national party.


Political goals:



  1. Refugee return, especially of Serbs; finishing renewal of war damaged areas

  2. The right to buy earlier state-owned flats, under earlier legislation (before peaceful reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje, when deadline for buying state-owned flats ended)

  3. State protection and securing of existing rights of national minorities, especially Serbs in Croatia

  4. Cultural and educational autonomy of Serbs in Croatia, through use of Serbian language and writings, use of Serbian national symbols, education in Serbian, foundation of Serb organizations in education and culture, foundation of Serbian information media and the maintaining of Serbian traditions and customs

  5. Professionalization of the armed forces

  6. Regionalism and decentralization

  7. Croatian integration into the EU and developing economic relations with Serbia



See also



  • Politics of Croatia


  • Novi Plamen - some of the party leaders are members of its Advisory Board

  • Novosti



References





  1. ^ "Milorad Pupovac izabran za predsjednika SDSS-a". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). HINA. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Desničarenje je usmjereno na aktualnu vlast, a Srbi su samo povod". portalnovosti.com (in Serbian). 13 March 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2017.


  3. ^ "Hrvatski sabor - Zastupnici promatrači Hrvatskoga sabora u Europskom parlamentu" (in Croatian). Sabor.hr. Retrieved 18 October 2016.




External links


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