Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia

The Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian: Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије / Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije, POKS) is an minor monarchist and conservative political party in Serbia,[1] founded in 2017 after a split within the Serbian Renewal Movement (Srpski pokret obnove; SPO). The party's leader is Žika Gojković.

Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia

Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије
PresidentŽika Gojković
Founded3 June 2017
Split fromSerbian Renewal Movement
HeadquartersBulevar Despota Stefana 80, Belgrade
IdeologyMonarchism
National conservatism
Christian democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Anti-communism
Political positionCenter-right to right-wing
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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Website
www.poks.rs

History

The Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia was formed on 3 June 2017, shortly after Gojković and others were expelled from the SPO after recommending that party leader Vuk Drašković step down from his position to become an honorary president.[2][3] The new party was registered on 17 July 2017, and Gojković was chosen as its leader on 15 October 2017.

Prior to the split, Gojković was one of three SPO members serving in the national assembly. All three had been elected in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election on an electoral list led by the Serbian Progressive Party, and all served in caucus with the Progressives. The SPO's other two assembly delegates have remained with the party. Despite leaving the SPO, Gojković has not left the Progressive Party caucus, where he continues to serve with his former party colleagues. On being chosen as POKS leader, he indicated his continued support of Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić.[4]

On 12 October 2017, the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (Demohrišćanska stranka Srbije; DHSS) merged into the POKS. President of the DHSS Olgica Batić stated full support for the Movement's primary goals - traditional values, preserving the family, the fight for Serbian farmers and the full membership of Serbia in the European Union.[5]

The POKS briefly gained a second assembly member in May 2018, when independent delegate Nada Kostić, who had been elected on the It's Enough – Restart list, joined the party.[6] Shortly thereafter, she left the POKS to once again sit as an independent member.[7]

The party also has three seats in the Assembly of Vojvodina.[8]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2016 Split from Serbian Renewal Movement
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 1 Around SNS gov′t support
2020 85,888 2.67%
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 1 With MF-MMS no seats

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. "Isključeni funkcioneri SPO prave novu stranku", N1, 3 June 2017, accessed 22 April 2019.
  3. "Žika Gojković: U Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije prelazi 80 odsto SPO-a", Blic (Source: Beta), 5 June 2017, accessed 19 October 2017.
  4. "Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije izabrao rukovodstvo", N1, 15 October 2017, accessed 19 October 2017.
  5. "DHSS kolektivno pristupila Pokretu obnove Kraljevine Srbije". Danas (in Serbian). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. Ušla u Skupštinu kao član DJB, preko DS postala član POKS, N1, 15 May 2018, accessed 16 May 2018.
  7. "I Žika ostao bez Nade", Novosti, 30 May 2018, accessed 3 July 2018.
  8. "Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije izabrao rukovodstvo", N1, 15 October 2017, accessed 19 October 2017.
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