Movement for Reversal
The Movement for Reversal (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрет за преокрет, romanized: Pokret za preokret, PZP) is a centre-left political organization in Serbia. Its leader is Janko Veselinović, a professor at the University of Novi Sad.
| Movement for Reversal Покрет за преокрет Pokret za preokret | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Abbreviation | PZP | 
| President | Janko Veselinović | 
| Founded | 2015 | 
| Split from | Social Democratic Party | 
| Headquarters | Nušićeva 6, Belgrade | 
| Ideology | Social democracy | 
| Political position | Centre-left | 
| National affiliation | United Serbia | 
| Colors | Orange | 
| National Assembly | 1 / 250 | 
| Assembly of Vojvodina | 0 / 120 | 
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 0 / 110 | 
| Website | |
| preokret.org | |
History
    
Movement for Reversal was found in 2015, by a Serbian academic Janko Veselinović, who decided to split from the Social Democratic Party, claiming that its leadership does not have a clear vision of how to counter the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia.[1][2]
The organization participated in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary elections in a coalition along with the Serbian Left and the Social Democratic Union.[3] However, the coalition finished ninth with 0.94% of the votes and failed to pass the census.[4]
In 2018, the organization was one of the founding members of the major opposition coalition called the Alliance for Serbia.[5][6] The coalition boycotted the 2020 Serbian parliamentary elections.[7]
Presidents
    
| # | President | Born-Died | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janko Veselinović |  | 1965– | 2015 | Incumbent | 
Electoral performance
    
    Parliamentary elections
    
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # of seats | Seat change | Coalitions | Government | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Janko Veselinović | Split from SDS | 1 / 250 |  1 | opposition | ||
| 2016 | 35,710 | 0.94% | 0 / 250 |  1 | With LS-SDU | no seats | |
| 2020 | Election boycott | 0 / 250 |  | SzS | no seats | ||
| 2022 | 520,469 | 14.09% | 1 / 250 |  1 | UZPS | TBA | |
Presidential elections
    
| Election year | Candidate | # | 1st round vote | % | # | 2nd round vote | % | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vuk Jeremić | 4th | 206,676 | 5.66 | N/A | — | — | Independent candidate; support | 
| 2022 | Zdravko Ponoš | 2nd | 698,497 | 18.84% | N/A | — | — | United Serbia coalition | 
References
    
- "JOŠ JEDNA STRANKA Osnovan Pokret za preokret!". INFORMER (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Janko Veselinović". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- Beta. "LEVICA SRBIJE PREDALA LISTU Stefanović: "Ja sam Borko", i preći ćemo svaku prepreku". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Izborni rezultat 2016". Nedeljnik Vreme. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "O nama". Savez za Srbiju. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- Tanjug. "Osnovan Savez za Srbiju, Đilas: Gradićemo Srbiju kao prosperitetnu kuću (VIDEO)". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Savez za Srbiju definitivno bojkotuje izbore, uspeh neće meriti procentima". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.