The Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS, sr, Партија косовских Срба, Partija kosovskih Srba) is a political party of the Serb minority in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, led by former Serb List leader

Aleksandar Jablanović Aleksandar Jablanović ( sr-cyr, Александар Јаблановић; sq, Aleksandër Jabllanoviq; born 25 September 1980) is a Kosovo Serbs, Kosovo Serb politician, and the Minister of Communities and Returns in the Kosovo, Republic of Koso ...

. The city of

Leposavić Leposavić ( sr-Cyrl, Лепосавић, ) also known as Leposaviq or Albanik ( sq, Leposaviqi or ''Albaniku''), is a town and the northernmost municipality in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 18,600 ...

is considered the strongest support of the party.

History

Jablanović was previously the Minister of Communities and Returns in the

Government of Kosovo sr, Влада Косова / Vlada Kosova , border = , image = , caption = , date = , polity = Kosovo , address = Government Building, Pristina , leader_title = Prime Min ...

. Then

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Isa Mustafa Isa Mustafa (; born 15 May 1951) is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the D ...

dismissed him from office in February 2015 after a statement in which, as judged from Pristina, he insulted the mothers of

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

by calling the students of the attack on the bus with Serbs going to the cemetery "savages" and "freaks". After that incident, Jablanović moved to the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs of the Government of Serbia, and resigned after the incident with his brother. Following Jablanović's resignation from the Serb List, he founded the PKS, a splinter party of the Serb List, on 6 April 2017 and registered on 15 May 2017. In June 2017, attacks and conflicts between the two parties became frequent. In the

2017 Kosovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 11 June 2017. Background The elections were triggered by a motion of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa on 10 May 2017 by a vote of 78–34.

, the PKS won just 2,126 votes, and they missed the extraordinary elections for mayors of municipalities in

North Kosovo North Kosovo ( sr, Северно Косово, Severno Kosovo; sq, Kosova Veriore), also known as the Ibar Kolašin ( sr, Ибарски Колашин, Ibarski Kolašin; sq, Koloshini i Ibrit or ''Kollashini i Ibrit''; earlier ''Old Kolašin ...

in May of that year. The party also took part in the 2019 parliamentary election, but lost it to the Serb List, winning only 816 votes. In November 2022, during the

North Kosovo crisis The North Kosovo crisis may refer to: * North Kosovo crisis (2011–2013) Clashes between the Republic of Kosovo and ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo began on 25 July 2011 when the Kosovo Police crossed into the Serb-controlled municipalities ...

, after negotiations with

Kosovo President The president of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës, ), is the head of state and chief representative of the de facto Republic of Kosovo in the country and abroad. The president is elected indirectly, by the Assem ...

Vjosa Osmani Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician serving as the 5th and current President of Kosovo since 4 April 2021. Born in former Yugoslavia and raised in the city then known as Titova Mitrovica, today the ...

, the party decided to stop boycotting the

2022 local elections This local electoral calendar for 2022 lists the subnational elections held in 2022. Referendums, Recall election, recall and retention elections, and national By-election, by-elections (special elections) are also included. January *9 January: ...

and take part in them.

References

{{Kosovo political parties Serb political parties in Kosovo Serb organizations Political parties established in 2017 2017 establishments in Kosovo