Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka
| Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Party leader | Milorad Pupovac |
| founding | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Trg drvena pijaca 28 32000 Vukovar |
| Alignment | Social democracy |
| Colours) | Blue, red and white |
| Parliament seats |
3/151 |
| Website | http://www.sdss.hr |
The Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka , SDSS for short ( Cyrillic Самостална демократска српска странка , German Independent Serbian Democratic Party) is a political party in Croatia that represents the interests of the Serbs in Croatia .
history
The party was founded in 1997 in Eastern Slavonia , which was then under the administration of UNTAES , or on the former territory of the Republika Srpska Krajina . Most of the founding members were former members of the Serbian Democratic Party ( SDS for short ). Initially, the Independent Serbian Democratic Party limited itself to Slavonia. In other parts of Croatia they performed together with the Serbian People's Party. In the parliamentary elections in 2003 , the party won the three seats in the Croatian Parliament reserved for the Serbian ethnic minority and won the elections in some municipalities of Slavonia and Lika .
Self-definition
The SDSS is a democratic party that pursues liberal and social democratic goals, but in the current circumstances it is also a nationalist party.
Political goals:
- The return of the mainly Serbian war refugees and the rebuilding of the areas destroyed by the war
- The right to purchase apartments and houses that have been confiscated by the state
- The protection of the rights of national minorities , especially those of the Serbs
- The cultural autonomy of Serbs in Croatia - the Serbian language in schools, use of Serbian national symbols
- improved equipment of the army
- Regionalism and decentralization
- Integration of Croatia into the European Union and improvement of trade with Serbia and Montenegro
