Justice and Reconciliation Party

{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Justice and Reconciliation Party

| native_name = Stranka pravde i pomirenja
Странка правде и помирења

| native_name_lang = sr

| abbreviation = SPP

| founder = Muamer Zukorlić

| colorcode = {{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}

| logo = Logo of the Justice and Reconciliation Party.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| president = Usame Zukorlić

| leader1_title = Vice-Presidents

| leader1_name = {{ubl|Edin Đerlek|Edin Numanović|Sabira Hadžiavdić|Rejhan Kurtović}}

| split = Bosniak Democratic Union

| foundation = 14 August 2013

| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Bosniak minority interests|Conservatism|Islamism}}

| religion = Sunni Islam

| colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}|border=darkgray}} Dark green

| headquarters = Rifata Burdževića 1, Novi Pazar

| seats1_title = National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| seats3_title = Bosniak National Council

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|12|35|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| website = {{URL|spp.rs}}

| country = Serbia

}}

The Justice and Reconciliation Party ({{langx|bs|Stranka pravde i pomirenja}}; {{langx|sr|Странка правде и помирења}}; abbr. SPP), formerly known as the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak ({{langx|bs|Bošnjačka demokratska zajednica Sandžaka}}; {{langx|sr|Бошњачка демократска заједница Санџака}}; abbr. BDZS), is a political party in Serbia, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority concentrated in the Sandžak region of Serbia.

History

It contested the 2014 parliamentary elections as part of a joint list with the centrist Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and centre-left Social Democratic Union (SDU), but the alliance received only 3.4% of the vote, failing to win a seat.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140325225328/http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/cirilica/Rezultati/Izbori2014Karte.pdf 2014 Elections] Republic Electoral Commission

In the 2016 parliamentary elections it ran alone, winning two seats.[http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2016&mm=05&dd=05&nav_category=11&nav_id=1128062 RIK stavio tačku: Ovo su konačni rezultati izbora]. B92. 6 May 2016. The party officially changed its name from the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak to the Justice and Reconciliation Party on 23 December 2017.[http://www.novosti.rs/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.393.html:702742-%D0%91%D0%94%D0%97%D0%A1-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5-%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%97%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%9B "БДЗС постала Странка правде и помирења,председник Зукорлић"], Novosti, 23 December 2017, accessed 23 March 2018. Jahja Fehratović had led the party from its formation until this time; following the name change, Muamer Zukorlić was recognised as its leader.

Political positions

SPP is Bosniak nationalist and advocates for minority rights for Bosniaks.{{cite news |last1=Beckmann-Dierkes |first1=Norbert |last2=Rankić |first2=Slađan |date=13 May 2022 |title=Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022 |language=de |page=4 |work=Konrad Adenauer Foundation |url=https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/16191335/Parlamentswahlen+in+Serbien+2022.pdf/9f87437e-7c29-3460-6039-99acb2b1a9aa?version=1.0&t=1652457721083 |access-date=27 December 2022}}{{Cite book |last=Bašić |first=Goran |title=Multiculturalism in Public Policies |publisher=Academic Network for Cooperation in South-East Europe; Institute of Social Sciences; Institute for Ethnic Studies; Centre for International and Security Studies |year=2018 |location=Belgrade |pages=75}} Additionally, it promotes a conservative,{{Cite journal |last=Suvakovic |first=Uros |date=24 November 2020 |title=Porodica kroz programske stavove političkih partija u Srbiji: presek stanja u drugoj deceniji XXI veka |url=http://www.ips.ac.rs/publications/porodica-kroz-programske-stavove-politickih-partija-u-srbiji-presek-stanja-u-drugoj-deceniji-xxi-veka/ |journal=Srpska politička misao |language=sr |volume=69 |issue=3/2020 |pages=43–61 |doi=10.22182/spm.6932020.2|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |last=Jojić |first=Stefan |date=15 January 2021 |title=Erdogan as an admired sultan or an instrument in political competition? Locals' perceptions of the Turkish presence in Serbian Sandžak |url=https://www.pssi.cz/publications/37-erdogan-as-an-admired-sultan-or-an-instrument-in-political-competition-locals-perceptions-of-the-turkish-presence-in-serbian-sandzak |access-date=11 February 2022 |website=Prague Security Studies Institute |language=en}} and Islamist ideology.{{Cite book |url=https://www.balkancrossroads.com/bp-vi-extremism-radicalism-es |title=External influence in extremism & radicalism |publisher=Prague Security Studies Institute |year=2020 |location=Prague}} SPP has defined itself as a "multi-ethnic, multi-confessional, liberal-conservative, and pro-European party of the centre-right".{{Cite web |last=Novosel |first=S. |date=27 July 2023 |title=Predsedništvo SPP prihvatilo odluku političkog saveta o ideološkoj orijentaciji stranke |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/predsenistvo-spp-prihvatilo-odluku-politickog-saveta-o-ideoloskoj-orijentaciji-stranke/ |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=Danas |language=sr-RS}}

Electoral performance

= Parliamentary elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ National Assembly of Serbia

! Year

! Leader

! Popular vote

! % of popular vote

! {{No.}}

! # of seats

! Seat change

! Coalition

! Status

2014

| rowspan="2"| Jahja Fehratović

| 120,879

| 3.48%

| {{increase}} 7th

| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| BDZS–LDPSDU

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

2016

| 32,526

| 0.89%

| {{decrease}} 10th

| {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| –

| {{partial|Support}}

2020

| Muamer Zukorlić

| 32,170

| 1.04%

| {{decrease}} 12th

| {{Composition bar|4|250|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| SPP–DPM

| {{partial|Support}}

2022

| rowspan="2"| Usame Zukorlić

| 35,850

| 0.97%

| {{steady}} 12th

| {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| –

| {{yes2|Government}}

2023

| 29,066

| 0.78%

| {{increase}} 11th

| {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Justice and Reconciliation Party}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| SPP–DSHV

| {{yes2|Government}}

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= Presidential elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ President of Serbia

! Year

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round popular vote

! % of popular vote

! colspan="2" | 2nd round popular vote

! % of popular vote

! Notes

2017

| rowspan="2"| Aleksandar Vučić

| {{yes2|1st}}

| 2,012,788

| 56.01%

| {{n/a}}

|

|

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left"| Supported Vučić

2022

| {{yes2|1st}}

| 2,224,914

| 60.01%

| {{n/a}}

|

|

References