Civic Democratic Forum Explained

Civic Democratic Forum
Native Name:Građanski demokratski forum
Грађански демократски форум
Native Name Lang:sr
Abbreviation:GDF
Split:Movement of Free Citizens
President:Zoran Vuletić
Founder:Aleksandar Olenik
Headquarters:Birčaninova 2A, Belgrade
Position:Centre
Ideology:Liberalism
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:Assembly of Vojvodina
Seats3 Title:City Assembly of Belgrade
Country:Serbia

Civic Democratic Forum (Serbian: Грађански демократски форум|Građanski Demokratski forum, abbr. GDF) is a liberal[1] political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2019 by former members of the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG).[2] It has positioned itself as a party that opposes the rule of Aleksandar Vučić, although it has also criticised other opposition parties.[3]

History

When Saša Janković resigned as president of Movement of Free Citizens, candidates for his successor were actor Sergej Trifunović and Aleksandar Olenik. The interim president was Rade Veljanovski. When Trifunović won with 60% of the vote, Veljanovski, Olenik, and several other members left the movement. On 2 March 2019, they formed Civic Democratic Forum.

In April 2019, they signed an cooperation agreement with Party of Modern Serbia.[4] Together they issued a statement in which they present a solution for Kosovo. Their stance is that Serbia should exchange territories with Kosovo and recognise its independence.[5]

In February 2020, the party formed a "European bloc" with the Party of Modern Serbia and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.[6] It was also consisted of the newly-formed Serbia 21, and they announced their participation in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election under the United Democratic Serbia banner. It failed to pass the electoral threshold after winning less than 1% of the vote.

It kept close ties to the Together for Serbia political party and its leader Nebojša Zelenović until early 2021.[7] [8] It did not participate in the 2022 general election, and instead, it stated its support for the We Must coalition.[9]

Presidents of the Civic Democratic Forum

PresidentBirth–DeathTerm startTerm end
11973– 2 March 2019 3 October 2020
21970– 3 October 2020 Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Government
2020Aleksandar Olenik30,5910.99% 0UDSExtra-parliamentary
2022Zoran VuletićDid not participate 0Extra-parliamentary
20235,4620.15% 0SNZ

Belgrade City Assembly elections

City Assembly of Belgrade! Year! Leader! Popular vote! % of popular vote! # of seats! Seat change! Coalition! Status
2022Zoran VuletićDid not participate 6
20232,3240.25% 0Nova–D2SP–GDF–Libdem–Glas
2024Did not participate 0

Presidential elections

President of Serbia! Election year! #! Candidate! 1st round votes! %! 2nd round votes! %! Elected! Notes
2022Biljana StojkovićSupport

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oprijan . Bojana . Gdje je nestala građanska opcija u (pred)izbornoj Srbiji . Al Jazeera Balkans . bs.
  2. Web site: Komazec . Marija . 2 March 2019 . Osnovan Građanski demokratski forum . 27 February 2022 . N1 . sr-RS.
  3. Mladenov Jovanović . Srđan . 2020 . A New Political Scarecrow? The Political Program and Activity of the "Serbian Right" . Suvremene Teme . 11 . 1 . 11–26 . 10.46917/st.11.1.1. free .
  4. Web site: 2 April 2019 . Još jedno cepanje pa spajanje u opoziciji, stručnjaci kažu da to zbunjuje birače . 27 February 2022 . N1 . sr-RS.
  5. Web site: 27 May 2019 . Olenik i Stojanović predstavili dva modela rešenja za Kosovo . 27 February 2022 . N1 . sr-RS.
  6. Web site: 5 February 2020 . Vojvođanski front, SMS, GDF i Slobodno Pančevo formiraju Evropski blok . 27 February 2022 . N1 . sr-RS.
  7. Web site: 21 October 2020 . Zajedno za Srbiju i Građanski demokratski forum potpisali sporazum o saradnji . 27 February 2022 . N1 . sr-RS.
  8. Web site: Serbia: Liberal views on the new Government in Serbia . 27 February 2022 . www.freiheit.org . 10 November 2020 . en.
  9. Web site: Radovanović . Vojin . 14 March 2022 . Vuletić (GDF): Tadić nije bio spreman na sopstveni reset, podršku dajemo Moramo i Biljani Stojković . 14 March 2022 . Danas . sr-RS.