Serb List
Српска листа
Srpska lista
PresidentZlatan Elek
Vice PresidentsIgor Simić
Dalibor Jevtić
FounderAleksandar Jablanović
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
HeadquartersNorth Mitrovica, Kosovo
IdeologySerb minority politics[1]
Regional affiliationSerbian Progressive Party
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (affiliation)[citation needed]
ColoursRed, blue and white
Assembly
9 / 120
Mayors
6 / 38
(4 have resigned)
Municipal assemblies
117 / 994
(resigned)
Website
srpskalista.net

The Serb List (Serbian: Српска листа, romanized: Srpska lista) is a Serb minority political party in Kosovo. It was the dominant Serb party in Kosovo politics, claiming all ten of Assembly seats reserved for the community, from 2014 until all its members resigned and withdrew in 2022.[2] The party retains close links to the Government of Serbia, led by the Serbian Progressive Party and President Aleksandar Vučić.[3][4]

History

The combined number of votes for the Serb List was 38,169 (5.30%) at the 2014 Kosovan parliamentary election. On 17 September 2014, the Serb List announced that they would join the government cabinet only if Vetëvendosje was not part of it.[5] Aleksandar Jablanović, the Minister for Returns and Communities in the Government of Kosovo, was dismissed on 3 February 2015, after the opposition demanded his dismissal after he called the group of ethnic Albanians who attacked Serb IDPs in Gjakova with stones on Christmas Eve "savages".[6] His statement contributed to the 2015 Kosovo protests.[7] The Serb List decided not to attend the next Kosovo assembly session.[8] Following the 2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, the Serb List agreed to form the Government of Kosovo led by Ramush Haradinaj of Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, allegedly under main condition that the Community of Serb Municipalities be established.[9]

On 24 September 2023, the party's vice-president Milan Radoičić led an attack against the Kosovo Police in Banjska, which resulted in one policeman and three militants of Radoičić's group getting killed.[10][11] On 29 September, Radoičić resigned from the party after admitting that he had organized the attack.[12] The attack has been classified as a terrorist attack by the EU.[13] On 24 October 2023, Zlatan Elek was appointed president of the party.[14]

Parliamentary elections

Assembly of Kosovo
Year Popular vote % of vote Overall seats won Serb seats +/– Government
2014 38,199 #5 5.20%
9 / 120
9 / 10
 Increase 9 Coalition
2017 44,578 #4 6.20%
9 / 120
9 / 10
 Steady Coalition
2019 52,620 #5 6.61%
10 / 120
10 / 10
 Increase 1 Coalition
2021 44,404 #5 5.06%
10 / 120
10 / 10
 Steady Coalition (2021–2022)[a]
0 / 10
 Decrease 10 Extra-parliamentary (2022)[b]
9 / 10
 Increase 9 Opposition (2022–)[c]

Municipal parliaments

Further information: 2017 Kosovan local elections

Serb List formed local government in all 10 Serb majority municipalities in Kosovo after the 2017 Kosovan local elections.

Municipality Map
Location 		Population
(2011)[18][19] 		Status Mayor[20]
Leposavić
Leposaviq 		13,733 Left the assembly Zoran Todić
(resigned)
North Mitrovica
Severna Kosovska Mitrovica 		12,326 Left the assembly Aleksandar Spirić
(resigned)
Gračanica
Graçanica 		10,675 Majority Srđan Popović
Zvečan
Zveçan 		7,481 Left the assembly Vučina Janković
(resigned)
Štrpce
Shtërpca 		6,949 Majority Bratislav Nikolić
Novo Brdo
Novobërda 		6,729 Majority Svetislav Ivanović
Zubin Potok
Zubin Potoku 		6,616 Left the assembly Stevan Vulović
(resigned)
Ranilug
Ranillug 		3,866 Majority Vladica Aritonović
Klokot
Kllokot 		2,556 Majority Božidar Dejanović
Parteš
Partesh 		1,787 Majority Dragan Petković

Presidents of the Serb List

See also

Notes

  1. ^ At the moment when the government was voted, even though they were part of it, they voted against it.[15]
  2. ^ On 7 November 2022, during 2022 North Kosovo crisis, all Serb List MPs resigned,[16]
  3. ^ Ten days after resignation they decided to return to the Assembly with other nine new MPs and one from GI SPO.[17]

References

  1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Kosovo". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Jackson, Christopher M. (2023). "Dominant party politics and ethnic coordination after conflict: the Serb List in Kosovo". Democratization. 30 (6): 989–1014. doi:10.1080/13510347.2023.2207013. ISSN 1351-0347.
  3. ^ Vasovic, Milenko (October 16, 2019). "Serbia's President Was Real Loser in Kosovo Election". Balkan Insight. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Scenario: Territorial Exchange Between Serbia and Kosovo and It's [sic] Potential Impact on Serbian Communities South of the Ibar" (PDF). NGO Aktiv. October 24, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Beta, Tanjug (September 17, 2014). "Serb List Won't Join Cabinet With Self-Determination". B92.net. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Beta, Tanjug (February 4, 2015). "Serb Minister Dismissed From Pristina Government". B92.net. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Jabllanoviqi i quan egërsira protestuesit në Gjakovë (Video)". Telegrafi.com. January 7, 2015. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  8. ^ Beta, Tanjug (February 5, 2015). "Serb List Deputies Miss Kosovo Assembly Session". B92.net. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  9. ^ "Srpska lista odlučila da uđe u vladu Kosova Ramuša Haradinaja". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Beta. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  10. ^ Vulović, Neda (2023-09-26). "(VIDEO) Svećlja objavio snimak, tvrdi da je Milan Radoičić s napadačima kod manastira Banjska". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  11. ^ Evropa, Radio Slobodna (2023-09-25). "Kosovo optužuje Milana Radoičića za napad na policiju". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  12. ^ Service, RFE/RL's Balkan. "U.S. Urges Serbia To Pull Back Large Military Deployment Along Border With Kosovo". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  13. ^ "Kosovo: High Representative Borrell speaks to Prime Minister Kurti and President Vučić following the attack against Kosovo Police". European Union External Action. 2023-09-24. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  14. ^ KoSSev (2023-10-24). "Jednoglasno izglasan: Izabran novi predsednik Srpske liste". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  15. ^ "Lista Serbe nuk mbështet Qeverinë Kurti 2, paralajmëron ankesë në Kushtetuese" [Serb List does not support the Second Kurti Government, warns of a complaint to the Constitutional Court] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 22 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Lista Serbe dorëzon mandatet e deputetëve në Kuvendin e Kosovës" [Serb List hands over the MPs mandates to the Assembly of Kosovo] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 7 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Pa paralajmërim, Lista Serbe kthehet në Kuvend – këta janë deputetët e rinj" [Without warning, Serb List returns to the Assembly – these are the new MPs] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 17 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Estimation of Kosovo Population 2011" (PDF). Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës. 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  19. ^ "Community Profile: Albanian Community" (PDF). European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo (ECMI Kosovo). 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  20. ^ "Rezultatet Përfundimtare NGA Qnr KonačNI Rezultati Iz Cpr" (PDF). KQZ - Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve. 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

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