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The Independent Democratic Serbian Party (Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka, SDSS – Cyrillic: Самостална демократска српска странка) is a political party of Serbs living in Croatia. It was formed in 1997 as a liberal/social-democrat party said to be based on the doctrine of Svetozar Pribičević's Independent Democratic Party from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The party is led by Vojislav Stanimirović and aims to facilitate the return of the Serbs who left Croatia in 1995 when the Croatian military and police conquered the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina and put that territory back under Croatian control.
In the elections of November2003, it beat its main rival, the Serb Popular Party (SNS), taking all three seats reserved for Serb representatives in the Croatian parliament.
After the elections, the Independent Democratic Serbian Party made an agreement with the winning HDZ party (Croatian Democratic Union) led by Ivo Sanader in which they agree on fulfilling several SDSS demands such as refugee return, strengthening of national equality, judicial reform and cooperation with neighbouring countries.
SELF-DEFINED: democratic party of liberal and socialdemocratic orientation, but under present circumstances, also a serbian national party.
Political goals:
refugee return, especially Serbs with finishing renewal of war damaged areas
right to buy earlier state-owned flats, under earlier legislation (before peaceful reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje, when deadline for buying state-owned flats ended)
state protection and securing of existing rights of national minorites, especially Serbs
cultural and political autonomy of Serbs in Croatia, through use of serbian language and writings, use of serbian national symbols, education on serbian language, foundation of serbian organization in education and culture, foundation of serbian information media and maintaining serbian traditions and customs
professionalization of the armed forces
regionalism and decentralization
Croatian integration into EU and developing economic relations with Serbia and Montenegro
It was formed in 1997 as a liberal/social-democrat party said to be based on the doctrine of Svetozar Pribičević's IndependentDemocraticParty from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The party is led by Vojislav Stanimirović and aims to facilitate the return of the Serbs who left Croatia in 1995 when the Croatian military and police conquered the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina and put that territory back under Croatian control.
After the elections, the IndependentDemocraticSerbianParty made an agreement with the winning HDZ party (Croatian Democratic Union) led by Ivo Sanader in which they agree on fulfilling several SDSS demands such as refugee return, strengthening of national equality, judicial reform and cooperation with neighbouring countries.
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