Formation and early history During a press conference on 30 November 2021,
Saša Radulović, the leader of the
Enough is Enough (DJB) political party, announced the formation the "Sovereignists"; initially it was a political agreement between DJB and
Healthy Serbia (ZS). DJB had previously used the "Sovereignists" label in the
2020 parliamentary election. The agreement was mainly formed to lower the potential
electoral fraud for the
January 2022 constitutional referendum, by signing up election controllers.
Milan Stamatović stated that one of the priorities of the Sovereignists would be to protect "
national interests". DJB claimed that the constitutional referendum was allegedly orchestrated at the will of the
European Union and
George Soros. The party had called other opposition parties to participate in the campaign by stating their opposition to the constitutional changes. In December, the agreement also gained support from
far-right anti-vax activist Jovana Stojković and historian
Čedomir Antić, while Radulović stated that the signatory parties might participate in the
general elections in a joint coalition. Following the constitutional referendum in January 2022, the Sovereignists had claimed that 600,000 votes were falsified and that they would not recognise the results of the referendum. An appeal was filed to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK), although it was eventually rejected. Its members participated in a protest which occurred a day after the referendum.
2022 election In late January, the coalition was formalised, with Radulović announcing their joint participation in the general elections. Its parliamentary list was announced by RIK on 23 February. Five days later, the Sovereignists had announced
Branka Stamenković as their presidential candidate. The Sovereignists had campaigned in several cities across Serbia. The coalition won 2.2% of the popular vote and failed to cross the 3% threshold. == Political positions ==