Popular Unity (Montenegro)

Popular Unity (Montenegrin and Serbian: Narodna Sloga/Народна Слога) was an big tent opposition political alliance in Montenegro. The alliance was formed by two major opposition parties in Montenegro at time, the People's Party (NS) and Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), prior to the 1996 parliamentary election.[1] Slavko Perović's idea for the alliance was that it would open the way for "reconciliation between Montenegrins and Montenegrin Serbs". Kilibarda's party was Serbian nationalist.[2] The main goal of the alliance was to overthrow the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of president Momir Bulatović, which has been in power since introduction of multi-party system. The coalition of liberals and populists won 24.91% of votes and gained only 19 MPs, 11 of which belonged to NS and 8 to LSCG. However, LSCG terminated the coalition after the decision of NS to enter into coalition with the ruling DPS.

Popular Unity Народна Слога Narodna Sloga
Leader	Novak Kilibarda Slavko Perović
Founded	1996
Dissolved	1998
Headquarters	Podgorica
Political position	Big tent
Colours	blue and yellow
Parliament (1996)	19 / 71
Politics of Montenegro Political parties Elections

Member parties

Party name		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Seats before	Change	Seats won
	People's Party Narodna stranka Народна странка	NS	Novak Kilibarda	Conservatism Populism	14 / 71	3	11 / 71
	Liberal Alliance Liberalni savez Либерални савез	LSCG	Slavko Perović	Liberalism Pacifism	13 / 71	5	8 / 71

Elections

Parliamentary election

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Seats before	Seat change	Overall seats won	Government
1996	74,963	24.91%	27 / 71	8	19 / 71	opposition

References

1. Liberalni savez Crne Gore: Od osnivanja 25 godina, Portal Vijesti. 26 January 2015
2. "Interview with Slavko Perović, 22.9.2011". Slavko Perović blog. 4 January 2016.