People's Concord of Montenegro or Popular Unity of Montenegro ( cnr, Narodna sloga Crne Gore / Народна слога Црне Горе, ''NSCG'') was a minor centrist

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. Its founder and president was Montenegrin activist

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. It was created after Novak Kilibarda, president of the notable People's Party of Montenegro, abandoned the main pursuits and the political ideology and created a small, his own, party. It was named to emulate national unity of the Montenegrins and the " Popular Unity" coalition that Kilibarda headed between the People's Party of Montenegro and the

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 main difference is that the People's Party, which was in the Victory is of Montenegro coalition under

Milo Đukanović Milo Đukanović ( cnr, Мило Ђукановић, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the President of Montenegro since 2018, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2003. He also served as the Prime Minister ...

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1372. decided to go back into the opposition because of the problems that came out regarding proposals of an independent Montenegro - NS CG was strictly pro-Serbian. President Novak left the leadership and with several prominent people founded in 2001 the People's Concord of Montenegro that continued to support Milo, and attained a pro-Montenegrin attitude. NS CG was taken over by a moderate leadership that reduced the fiercely

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ideologies spread from the party while it was under Novak. NSCG never achieved greater support. On the 2001 parliamentary election it won below 0.1% votes and failed to surpass the census. In 2002 it joined DPS-led coalition, List for a European Montenegro, but NSCG received no seat in the parliament. For a compensation, in 2003 it received one seat in the newly formed

Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro The Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Србије и Црне Горе, Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) was the legislative body of Serbia and Montenegro (until 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The ...

. It was also notable as a contestant in the pro-independendist bloc during the 2006 independence referendum that won.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1375.

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