Democratic Front (Montenegro)


The Democratic Front is a right-wing populist and social conservative opposition political alliance in Montenegro. It is currently composed of the New Serb Democracy, Movement for Changes, Democratic People's Party and True Montenegro. The main goal of the DF is to overthrow the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro of Milo Đukanović, which has been in power since 1991.

History

led the alliance's list in the parliamentary election of October 2012. Lekić ran in the 2013 presidential election, supported by both his Democratic Front and the Socialist People's Party. According to the electoral committee's report, he was narrowly defeated by incumbent Filip Vujanović. However, many independent observers insisted that Vujanović's victory came about as the result of a massive electoral fraud.
In March 2015, Lekić split from the alliance due to internal disagreements, having decided to form a new centre-right political party, DEMOS. After Lekić departing from the alliance, the Democratic Front significantly changed its public appearance and radicalized its rhetoric and ideology. At the 2016 parliamentary election, DF came second, behind ruling DPS, with 20.32% of the vote with 18 seats won, remaining in opposition. On 9 May 2019, members of alliance leadership Andrija Mandić and Milan Knežević, along with 12 another people found guilty by the Higher Court in Montenegro for the "plotting to commit terrorist acts and undermine the constitutional order of Montenegro on the day of 2016 parliamentary election."

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

Members

Former members

Alliance leadership

Since Lekić's abandonment the alliance, it is led by the Presidency, which consists of six members, two representatives from all three major parties; New Serb Democracy, Movement for Changes and Democratic People's Party. Since 2015 members of the Presidency are:
NSD
PzP
DNP