Following Gojković's decision to vote in favour of Vladimir Orlić, a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), becoming the president of the National Assembly of Serbia, Parandilović became critical of Gojković, ultimately leaving Gojković's faction of members of the National Assembly formerly affiliated with POKS.[6][7]
Parandilović announced the formation of a new movement on 23 September 2022 and presented it inside the National Assembly on 26 September as New Face of Serbia (NLS).[8][9] At the press conference on 26 September, he announced that NLS had members formerly affiliated with POKS, but also members of citizens' associations.[8] Following the formation of NLS, POKS members of local boards in Jagodina, Valjevo, Ub, Lajkovac, and Bogatić defected to NLS.[10][11][12]
2022–present
NLS (Parandilović on the far-left) was one of the signatories of the Agreement for Victory in September 2023
After Miroslav Aleksić left the People's Party and reconstituted the People's Movement of Serbia (NPS) in August 2023, Parandilović joined the four NPS members in the National Assembly to create a joint parliamentary group titled "People's Movement of Serbia–New Face of Serbia"; Parandilović became deputy chair of the parliamentary group.[16] The group was expanded in September 2023, when three Ecological Uprising members, led by Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta joined the parliamentary group, renaming it to "People's Movement of Serbia–Ecological Uprising–New Face of Serbia".[17]
Parandilović participated at the signatory of the Agreement for Victory document in September 2023, which was signed by the organisers of the Serbia Against Violence protests.[18] In the same month, association "Natives" merged into NLS.[19] NLS became part of the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests.[20] SPN announced that it would contest the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, and Belgrade City Assembly elections, all scheduled for 17 December 2023.[21][22] In the parliamentary election, SPN won 65 seats, 2 of which went to NLS.[23]
Ideology and platform
NLS serves in opposition to SNS.[8] It is a self-described conservative and centre-right political party.[24] Parandilović, a self-described monarchist, has declared that NLS would too support the restoration of the monarchy, but that it would also support youth rights.[8][25] NLS members and Parandilović were present at a commemoration of youth members of the Chetnik Student Battalion who died in 1944 near Bijeljina.[26] NLS has declared its support for Serbian farmers.[9] NLS opposes the proposed Ohrid Agreement but it supports holding a referendum on the matter.[27] Parandilović has criticised Russophilia present amongst right-wing parties in Serbia and has cited Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle as role models.[28]
Organisation
Parandilović has led NLS since its formation in September 2022.[9] NLS elected him as president on 12 November, alongside vice-president Ivan Matović.[29] Its slogan is "Serbia deserves better".[29] Its headquarters is at Bulevar despota Stefana 80 in Belgrade.[30] NLS and the Reformist Party (RS) came to an agreement on 1 August 2023 to reconstitute RS as NLS in the registry of political parties, thus NLS skipped the collection of 10,000 signatures to become a registered political party.[24][31]Aleksandar Višnjić, the president of RS, was announced as one of the vice-presidents of NLS.[24] NLS held its first assembly on 12 November at which the party adopted its programme, statute, and slogan.[29]
^Milovančević, Vojislav; Latković, Nataša (3 November 2023). "Šta piše u koalicionom sporazumu liste "Srbija protiv nasilja"" [What is written in the coalition agreement of the list "Serbia against violence"]. NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^"Izvod iz registra političkih stranaka" [Extract from the registry of political parties] (PDF). Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government (in Serbian). 11 October 2023. p. 10. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
