After leaving the
Democratic Party of Serbia and further disagreements with the President of the
Serbian People's Party Nenad Popović over Popović's support for the
ruling party's leader
Aleksandar Vučić's candidacy at the
2017 Serbian Presidential election,
Milan Stamatović decided to run for
President himself. Together with his supporters, he founded the "For a Healthy Serbia" Citizens' Group, which nominated him. Stamatović received 1.15% of the overall votes in
Serbia, but the fact that he won 61.23% of votes in his hometown of
Čajetina encouraged him to found his own political party. Healthy Serbia was officially founded on 5 June 2017 in the western Serbian village of
Ljubiš, where Stamatović received 99% of the votes. Among the founders were famous Serbian poet
Ljubivoje Ršumović and Serbian writer
Milan Paroški. At that occasion, Stamatović said that "Healthy Serbia would be an authentic
regional party, but also a party devoted to making entire Serbia healthier by working from the interior, and not from
Belgrade." On 21 August 2017, Healthy Serbia and
Dveri signed an agreement on joint political action. Stamatović said that neither of these two political parties have ever flirted with the ruling
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which he considers to be a huge advantage. He also mentioned that these two political organisations do not wish to topple
the Government on the streets, but through elections. In the
2020 parliamentary elections, Healthy Serbia participated in a coalition with
Better Serbia. In April 2023, anti-vax and far-right
I live for Serbia merged into ZS. Stamatović was present at the 15th anniversary since the founding assembly of the Serbian Progressive Party in October 2023. Healthy Serbia participated in the 2023 parliamentary election as part of the SNS-led
Serbia Must Not Stop coalition and won 3 seats in the
National Assembly. == Ideology and platform ==