{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = Serbian Right | native_name = Српска десница | native_name_lang = sr | abbreviation = SD | colorcode = {{party color|Serbian Right}} | logo = Serbian Right logo.png | president = [[Miša Vacić]] | headquarters = [[Belgrade]] | founded = {{start date|2018|1|22|df=yes}} | ideology = [[Ultranationalism]] | position = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]] | european = [[Alliance for Peace and Freedom]] (cooperation)<ref name="apfeurope.eu">{{Cite web|url=https://apfeurope.eu/2021/10/01/apf-congress-in-belgrade/|title=APF Congress in Belgrade|date=October 2021}}</ref> | colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Serbian Right}}|border=darkgray}} [[Purple]] | seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Right}}}} | seats2_title = [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Serbian Right}}}} | seats3_title = [[City Assembly of Belgrade]] | seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Serbian Right}}}} | website = {{URL|srpskadesnica.rs}} | country = Serbia }}
The '''Serbian Right''' ({{langx|sr|Српска десница|Srpska desnica}}, abbr. '''SD''') is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]]. The party was founded in 2018 by [[Miša Vacić]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Tašković|first=M.|title=NOVA STRANKA NACIONALISTA Miša Vacić na čelu Srpske desnice, podržali ga Lav Pajkić i Marko Bulat|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/nova-stranka-nacionalista-misa-vacic-na-celu-srpske-desnice-podrzali-ga-lav-pajkic-i/b19qt6d|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Blic.rs|date=22 January 2018 |language=sr}}</ref> The party has been accused of being a satellite of the ruling [[Serbian Progressive Party]] (SNS).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Srpska desnica Miše Vacića – produžena ruka SNS {{!}} DW {{!}} 14 November 2019|url=https://www.dw.com/sr/srpska-desnica-mi%C5%A1e-vaci%C4%87a-produ%C5%BEena-ruka-sns/a-51236352|access-date=15 September 2020|website=DW.COM|language=sr-RS}}</ref>
== History == Serbian Right was founded in January 2018. [[Miša Vacić]], a former spokesman of the [[1389 Movement]] was elected first president of the party, and former parliamentarian [[Saša Dujović]] was chosen as its deputy president. The congress was attended by 150 delegates. Among the guests at this ceremony were [[Milenko Jovanov]], vice-president of the SNS Main Board, Branislav Puhalo, former security chief of [[Ratko Mladić]], as well as singer [[Marko Bulat (singer)|Marko Bulat]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:705739-Izabrano-rukovodstvo-i-doneta-odluka-o-izlasku-na-beogradske-izbore "Izabrano rukovodstvo i doneta odluka o izlasku na beogradske izbore"], ''Novosti'', 11 January 2018, accessed 7 September 2023.</ref>
Miša Vacić stated that the party was founded to help Serbia and its institutions both in resolving the issue of [[Kosovo]], and in everything that is important for the survival of the [[Serbs]] and that the Serbian Right will support the initiative of the President [[Aleksandar Vučić]] to open a [[Belgrade–Pristina negotiations|dialogue]] on the status of Kosovo and Metohija and that they expect an invitation for active participation in the dialogue.<ref name=":0" />
== Controversy == The party has been accused of being a satellite of the ruling [[Serbian Progressive Party]] (SNS). It automatically received access and positive treatment in the pro-government yellow press and television, where only the Progressives and their allies have such a privilege.<ref name=":1" /> Vacić gave a speech in [[Šabac]] which at that time was one of the few cities in Serbia controlled by the opposition and he said that he would "push Mayor [[Nebojša Zelenović|Zelenović]] and his criminals down [[Cer (mountain)|Cer]] into the Serbian [[Drina]] and strangle him", and that he would build a prison in which he would be exposed and spat at.<ref name=":1" /> The days before the local elections in [[Medveđa]] were marked by very debatable pre-election actions of the representatives of the Serbian Right, and the most public attention was attracted by the presence of members of this party in the premises where ballot papers are printed, as well as by publishing recordings of the whole process on social networks.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=A.P.M|title=MUTNE RADNJE Kako je Miša Vacić prvi put PREŠAO CENZUS posle niza SKANDALOZNIH predizbornih poteza u Medveđi|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/mutne-radnje-kako-je-misa-vacic-prvi-put-presao-cenzus-posle-niza-skandaloznih/m60el60|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Blic.rs|date=10 September 2019 |language=sr}}</ref>
On 16 November 2023 the U.S. Department of State sanctioned Miša Vacić pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being responsible by working with the Government of the Russian Federation by acting as an observer in Russia’s sham referendums for purported annexation of the Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine in September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=The U.S. Government Designates Individuals and Entities in the Western Balkans for Corruption and Malign Activities |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1916 |date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
== Ideology == {{Far-right politics in Serbia}} Its views are orientated towards [[ultranationalism]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Mörner |first=Ninna |title=The Many Faces of the Far Right in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Study of Far-Right Movements and Identity in the Region |publisher=Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies |year=2022 |isbn=978-91-85139-13-2 |location=Malmö |pages=148}}</ref> and it is staunchly [[Social conservatism|socially conservative]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mladenov Jovanović |first=Srđan |title=A New Political Scarecrow? The Political Program and Activity of the "Serbian Right" |journal=Suvremene Teme |year=2020 |volume=11 |pages=11–26 |doi=10.46917/st.11.1.1|s2cid=232858193 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mulhall |first1=Joe |title=State of Hate: Far-right extremism in Europe |last2=Khan-Ruf |first2=Safya |publisher=Hope Not Hate; Amadeu Antonio Foundation; EXPO |year=2021 |location=London |pages=108}}</ref> It is positioned on the [[Far-right politics|far-right]] on the political spectrum.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lažetić |first=Marina |title="Migration Crisis" and the Far Right Networks in Europe: A Case Study of Serbia |journal=Journal of Regional Security |publisher=Belgrade Centre for Security Policy |year=2018 |volume=13 |issue=2 |location=Belgrade |pages=28 |doi=10.5937/jrs13-19429|s2cid=239774318 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nadjivan |first1=Silvia |last2=Schubert |first2=Lucas Maximilian |date=2020 |title=Parliamentary elections in Serbia |url=https://politische-akademie.at/userfiles/files/downloads/200615_Briefing_Serbien.pdf |publisher=Politische Akademie |access-date=9 November 2021 |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109153407/https://politische-akademie.at/userfiles/files/downloads/200615_Briefing_Serbien.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Electoral performance == Serbian Right participated the 2019 local elections in [[Medveđa]] and it received 6.5% of the popular vote managing to pass the electoral threshold and enter the local parliament.<ref name=":2" /> The party also participated at the 2020 local elections in [[New Belgrade]] and only won 1% of the popular vote failing to enter the local parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lokalni izbori 21. jun 2020. : Gradska Opština Novi Beograd|url=https://novibeograd.rs/lokalni-izbori-26-april-2020/?lang=lat|access-date=15 September 2020|website=novibeograd.rs}}</ref>
=== Parliamentary elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+[[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]] ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Status |- ! [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020]] | rowspan="2" |[[Miša Vacić]] | colspan="2" rowspan="2" |''Did not participate'' | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex=#A2006D}} | {{steady}} 0 | style="background:#ddd;"| no seats |- ! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]] | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex=#A2006D}} | {{steady}} 0 | style="background:#ddd;"| no seats |}
=== Presidential elections === {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2| Election year ! rowspan=2| Candidate ! colspan=2| 1st Round ! colspan=2| 2nd Round ! rowspan=2| Results |- ! # Votes ! % Votes ! # Votes ! % Votes |- ! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]] | [[Miša Vacić]] | 32,947 | 0.89 | colspan=2 {{N/A}} | '''Lost''' {{N}} |}
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