Civic Democratic Forum

Civic Democratic Forum

Građanski demokratski forum
Грађански демократски форум
Civic Democratic Forum Građanski demokratski forum; Грађански демократски форум
Abbreviation	GDF
President	Zoran Vuletić
Founder	Aleksandar Olenik
Founded	2 March 2019
Split from	Movement of Free Citizens
Headquarters	Birčaninova 2A, Belgrade
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre
Colors	Purple; Orange;
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	0 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	0 / 110
Website
	gdf.org.rs
	Politics of Serbia; Political parties; Elections;

Civic Democratic Forum (Serbian: Грађански демократски форум, romanized: Građanski Demokratski forum, abbr. GDF) is a liberal^[1] political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2019 by former members of the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG).^[2] It has positioned itself as a party that opposes the rule of Aleksandar Vučić, although it has also criticised other opposition parties.^[3]

History

When Saša Janković resigned as president of Movement of Free Citizens, candidates for his successor were actor Sergej Trifunović and Aleksandar Olenik. The interim president was Rade Veljanovski. When Trifunović won with 60% of the vote, Veljanovski, Olenik, and several other members left the movement. On 2 March 2019, they formed Civic Democratic Forum.^[2]

In April 2019, they signed an cooperation agreement with Party of Modern Serbia.^[4] Together they issued a statement in which they present a solution for Kosovo. Their stance is that Serbia should exchange territories with Kosovo and recognise its independence.^[5]

In February 2020, the party formed a "European bloc" with the Party of Modern Serbia and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.^[6] It was also consisted of the newly-formed Serbia 21, and they announced their participation in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election under the United Democratic Serbia banner. It failed to pass the electoral threshold after winning less than 1% of the vote.

It kept close ties to the Together for Serbia political party and its leader Nebojša Zelenović until early 2021.^[7]^[8] It did not participate in the 2022 general election, and instead, it stated its support for the We Must coalition.^[9]

Presidents of the Civic Democratic Forum

No.	President		Birth–Death	Term start	Term end
1	Aleksandar Olenik		1973–	2 March 2019	3 October 2020
2	Zoran Vuletić		1970–	3 October 2020	Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Coalition	Government
2020	Aleksandar Olenik	30,591	0.99%	0 / 250	UDS	Extra-parliamentary
2022	Zoran Vuletić	Did not participate		0 / 250		Extra-parliamentary
2023	Zoran Vuletić	5,462	0.15%	0 / 250	SNZ	Extra-parliamentary

Belgrade City Assembly elections

City Assembly of Belgrade
Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
2022	Zoran Vuletić	Did not participate		0 / 110	6	–	Extra-parliamentary
2023		2,324	0.25%	0 / 250	0	Nova–D2SP–GDF–Libdem–Glas	Extra-parliamentary
2024		Did not participate		0 / 110	0	–	Extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Election year	#	Candidate	1st round votes	%	2nd round votes	%	Elected	Notes
2022		Biljana Stojković						Support

References

^ Oprijan, Bojana. "Gdje je nestala građanska opcija u (pred)izbornoj Srbiji". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian).
^ ^a ^b Komazec, Marija (2 March 2019). "Osnovan Građanski demokratski forum". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ Mladenov Jovanović, Srđan (2020). "A New Political Scarecrow? The Political Program and Activity of the "Serbian Right"". Suvremene Teme. 11 (1): 11–26. doi:10.46917/st.11.1.1.
^ "Još jedno cepanje pa spajanje u opoziciji, stručnjaci kažu da to zbunjuje birače". N1 (in Serbian). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Olenik i Stojanović predstavili dva modela rešenja za Kosovo". N1 (in Serbian). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Vojvođanski front, SMS, GDF i Slobodno Pančevo formiraju Evropski blok". N1 (in Serbian). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Zajedno za Srbiju i Građanski demokratski forum potpisali sporazum o saradnji". N1 (in Serbian). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Serbia: Liberal views on the new Government in Serbia". www.freiheit.org. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ Radovanović, Vojin (14 March 2022). "Vuletić (GDF): Tadić nije bio spreman na sopstveni reset, podršku dajemo Moramo i Biljani Stojković". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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[1] Oprijan, Bojana. "Gdje je nestala građanska opcija u (pred)izbornoj Srbiji". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian).

[:0-2] Komazec, Marija (2 March 2019). "Osnovan Građanski demokratski forum". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[3] Mladenov Jovanović, Srđan (2020). "A New Political Scarecrow? The Political Program and Activity of the "Serbian Right"". Suvremene Teme. 11 (1): 11–26. doi:10.46917/st.11.1.1.

[4] "Još jedno cepanje pa spajanje u opoziciji, stručnjaci kažu da to zbunjuje birače". N1 (in Serbian). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[5] "Olenik i Stojanović predstavili dva modela rešenja za Kosovo". N1 (in Serbian). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[6] "Vojvođanski front, SMS, GDF i Slobodno Pančevo formiraju Evropski blok". N1 (in Serbian). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[7] "Zajedno za Srbiju i Građanski demokratski forum potpisali sporazum o saradnji". N1 (in Serbian). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[8] "Serbia: Liberal views on the new Government in Serbia". www.freiheit.org. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[:1-9] Radovanović, Vojin (14 March 2022). "Vuletić (GDF): Tadić nije bio spreman na sopstveni reset, podršku dajemo Moramo i Biljani Stojković". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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