The Justice and Reconciliation Party ( bs, Stranka pravde i pomirenja; sr, Странка правде и помирења; abbr. СПП or SPP), formerly known as the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak ( bs, Bošnjačka demokratska zajednica Sandžaka; sr, Бошњачка демократска заједница Санџака; abbr. БДЗС or BDZS), is a

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, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority concentrated in the

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region of Serbia.

History

It contested the 2014 parliamentary elections as part of a joint list with the centrist Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and centre-left Social Democratic Union (SDU), but the alliance received only 3.4% of the vote, failing to win a seat. In the 2016 parliamentary elections it ran alone, winning two seats. The party officially changed its name from the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak to the Justice and Reconciliation Party on December 23, 2017. Jahja Fehratović had led the party from its formation until this time; following the name change,

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was recognized as its leader.

Political positions

SPP advocates for

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for

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. Additionally, it promotes a

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, and Islamist ideology.

Electoral history

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

References

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