The New Left ( cnr, Нова љевица, Nova ljevica, NL) is a minor localist,

socially liberal Cultural liberalism is a social philosophy which expresses the social dimension of liberalism and advocates the freedom of individuals to choose whether to conform to cultural norms. In the words of Henry David Thoreau, it is often expressed a ...

and

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

political party in Montenegro This article lists political parties in Montenegro. Montenegro has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition go ...

formed as a local citizens' movement in May 2018 prior to the 2018 Podgorica City Assembly election by Saša Mijović, Montenegrin drug abuse interventionist, NGO activist and the former member of the Young Liberals of Montenegro, youth-branch of the minor

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-affiliated Montenegrin nationalist

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 ...

History

The New Left party was formed in December 2018 from the

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

local citizens' movement gathered around civic activist Saša Mijović. It was part of the

2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests In February 2019, protests began in Montenegro against President Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister Duško Marković, and the government led by the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which has been in power since the introduction of multi ...

. In July 2020, the New Left decided to enter the

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, big tent

Peace is Our Nation The Peace is Our Nation (Serbian and Montenegrin: Mir je naša nacija / Мир је наша нација), initially announced as the Citizens' Bloc (Građanski blok / Грађански блок) is a big tent, moderate and pro-European politic ...

coalition with the Democrats,

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, and

Party of United Pensioners and the Disabled The Party of Pensioners, Disabled and Restitution ( Montenegrin: Партија пензионера, инвалида и реституције / Partija penzionera, invalida i restitucije), also known by its initial name Party of United Pensioner ...

in order to participate at the

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. The party left the

coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

with the centrist Democrats in early September 2021, during the Montenegrin nationalist protests in

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led by the former

-led regime and minor

right-wing organizations, publicly supporting violent protests against the enthronement of the new head of the

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

, expressing public support for the canonically unrecognized

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and its controversial leader

Miraš Dedeić Mihailo Dedeić ( cyrl, Михаило Дедеић; born 8 November 1938) commonly referred to by his birth name Miraš Dedeić ( cyrl, Мираш Дедеић), is the second and current head of the non-canonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church. Si ...

, accusing their former coalition partners of "betraying Montenegrin national interests" for cooperating with the "occupying church in Montenegro", what they called canonical Metropolitanate of Montenegro of the SOC. Mijović and his party launched a negative campaign under the slogan "no more ethnic Montenegrin votes for Democrats and the URA!", also calling on the centre-left URA to “overthrow” the government “like men”, increasingly publishing statements predominantly characterized by

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and negative sentiment towards the local Serb population in Montenegro.Objavili ste rat Crnogorcima, nije nam prvi put i sigurno da neće biti ni poslednji da ostavljamo svoje porodice i krenemo putem naših predaka koji su znali kako se brani svoje
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Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

References

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