The Civic Platform ( sr, Грађанска платформа, Građanska platforma, GP) is a conservative-liberal political organization in

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. It was formed in 2017, by former members of the Enough is Enough (DJB) organization. It had two MPs from its foundation until the 2020 parliamentary election, which it boycotted. It was the founding member of the

Alliance for Serbia The Alliance for Serbia ( sr, Савез за Србију, Savez za Srbiju) was a major extra-parliamentary catch-all opposition alliance of political parties in Serbia that was founded in September 2018. The alliance boycotted the 2020 parlia ...

, and is currently taking part in the

United Serbia United Serbia ( sr, Јединствена Србија, Jedinstvena Srbija, JS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. History It was founded on 15 February 2004, as a split from the far-right Party of Serbian Unity with Dragan ...

for the

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History

The Civic Platform was founded in April 2017 by assembly members

Aleksandra Čabraja Aleksandra Čabraja ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Чабраја; born 1965) is a politician in Serbia. She has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016, originally with the reformist It's Enough – Restart association and later wit ...

, Sonja Pavlović and Jovan Jovanović, all of whom had been elected in the

2016 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four m ...

on the DJB

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. In announcing its formation, Jovanović indicated that the Civic Platform was also supported by citizens and by thirteen councillors in central

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. The Civic Platform supported

Saša Janković Saša Janković ( sr-cyr, Саша Јанковић, ; born 27 April 1970) is a Serbian lawyer, journalist, human rights activist and politician who served as the National Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia between 2007 and 2017. He resigned his ...

's bid for the Serbian presidency in the

2017 Serbian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Serbia on 2 April 2017. Incumbent president Tomislav Nikolić was eligible to run for a second five-year term, but opted not to do so. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić was elected president in the first round ...

. In May 2017, the three members of this group joined with two parliamentarians from the New Party to start a new parliamentary caucus known as the Independent MPs Club. Čabraja was excluded from the Independent MPs Club on 25 March 2019 and subsequently charged that the club had become a ''de facto'' extension of the

coalition. Jovanović rejected this charge. Along with several other

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parties, the Civic Platform boycotted the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. It is a part of the

coalition and will participate in the

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

Presidential elections

References

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