Montenegrin ( cnr, Црногорска / ''Crnogorska''; CG) was a minor

national liberal National liberalism is a variant of liberalism, combining liberal policies and issues with elements of nationalism. Historically, national liberalism has also been used in the same meaning as conservative liberalism (right-liberalism). A seri ...

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, founded in 2017 as the successor to Montenegrin Democratic Union (CDU). The party had no seats in the

Parliament of Montenegro The Parliament of Montenegro ( cg, Скупштина Црне Горе, Skupština Crne Gore) is the unicameral legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, with each member elected to a four-year term. Following the 2006 ...

, and never contest the national-level parliamentary election. It had 3 members of the

Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kn ...

local parliament, elected in

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

from the DPS-led list.

History

Miodrag Vlahović Miodrag Vlahović ( cyrl, Миодраг Влаховић) (Born 1930) is a politician from Montenegro served as President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from May 198 ...

, founder and first president of CDU, resigned and was succeeded by Dragan Ivančević, whose election was followed by the rebranding of the party. Some notable members of the party, such as leader Ivančević and president of Political Council, Miodrag Živković, are former members of the

Liberal Party of Montenegro Liberal Party of Montenegro ( cnr, Либерална партија Црне Горе, ''Liberalna partija Crne Gore'', LP) is a liberal political party in Montenegro. Initially, the party advocated liberalism and the bringing down of Milo Đuk ...

and

Liberal Alliance of Montenegro Liberal Alliance of Montenegro ( cnr, italic=no, Liberalni savez Crne Gore - LSCG; Либерални савез Црне Горе - ЛСЦГ) was a Montenegrin separatist, liberal and anti-war political party, active between 1990 and 2005. The ...

. The party is non-parliamentary, since its foundation as the CDU, and its greatest achievement has been winning 3 seats in

local parliament at the 2016 local elections. In 2018, Vladimir Pavićević was elected as the new party leader. During Pavicević's leadership the party was in close relations with opposition

Democratic Montenegro Democratic Montenegro (Serbian and Montenegrin: Демократска Црна Гора / ''Demokratska Crna Gora''), also known as the Democrats (Демократе / ''Demokrate''), is a conservative liberal, centrist, populist and pro-Europe ...

(Democrats), which sparked criticism of part of party members. On 28 January 2020 at the height of the political crisis in Montenegro, Pavićević announced he was leaving the party, following ideological disagreements with party membership, many local committees collectively leave the party and join the Democrats. After Pavićević's departure, the party is increasingly returning to the

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discourse, as well supporting the policies of the DPS-led government and President Đukanović, which led to the crisis of the Budva local coalition government, and the removal of the previous opposition-led local authorities, which was accompanied by arrests, police brutality and violence against local government officials and its supporters, as well the return of the DPS to local government in Budva. The party ran at the 2020 local elections in Budva as part of the list of the ruling DPS. After the victory of the opposition at the August 2020 parliamentary elections, and the fall of the DPS from the position of power after 30 years of rule, Party leader Ivanović openly called the new parliamentary big tent majority "enemies of Montenegro". At 30 October 2020, on the occasion of the news of the death of the head of the

Metropolitanate of Montenegro The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr, Митрополија црногорско-приморска Српске православне цркве, Mitropolija crnogorsko-primorska Srpske pravoslav ...

and the

Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Montenegro. It is the largest Christian denomination in the country. According to the latest census of ...

, Amfilohije (Radović), Ivanović said "it's refreshing", which caused resentment and controversy in the Montenegrin public.Odbornica Crnogorske povodom smrti mitropolita poručila: Osvježilo, baš!
30-10-2020, RTV Budva

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