and
Dveri Background The
Serbian Party Oathkeepers (SSZ), led by
Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, and
Dveri, led by
Boško Obradović, had been cooperating as early as April 2022, when they signed a document in which they pledged to oppose any
sanctions against Russia that are related to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the press conference, Đurđević Stamenkovski added that, however, SSZ and Dveri did not sign a pre-election coalition agreement or an agreement on merging their
parliamentary groups in the
National Assembly of Serbia. Their cooperation was further expanded in October 2022, when, together with the
National Democratic Alternative (NADA), which is composed of
New Democratic Party of Serbia (NDSS) and
Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (POKS), and the
People's Party (Narodna), they signed a joint declaration for the "reintegration of
Kosovo into the constitutional and legal order of Serbia" (
za reintegraciju KiM u ustavno-pravni poredak Srbije). Later that month, SSZ, Dveri, NDSS, and POKS submitted a proposed resolution against introducing sanctions against Russia in the National Assembly. Beginning in January 2023, SSZ, Dveri, and NADA organised protests and called for the rejection of the
Ohrid Agreement, a proposed agreement to normalise relations between Serbia and Kosovo. They organised protests in January and March 2023.
Formation Inside the
City Assembly of Belgrade, SSZ and Dveri formed a joint councillor group in September 2023, named "Serbian Movement Dveri – Serbian Party Oathkeepers – Patriotic Bloc". Đurđević Stamenkovski was presented as the group's leader, however, she said that
Radmila Vasić would instead act as its main spokesperson. A month later, on 4 October 2023, SSZ and Dveri formed the Serbian State-Building Bloc (SDB). Alongside Đurđević Stamenkovski and Obradović,
Miloš Ković, a historian and professor at the
Faculty of Philosophy, was also one of its initiators; Obradović also added that academics
Dušan Proroković,
Ratko Ristić, and
Valentina Arsić Arsenijević were also part of the bloc, despite not attending the press conference. SSZ and Dveri announced that they would take part together in the upcoming elections, and they invited NADA, Narodna, and "other extra-parliamentary and parliamentary parties that are opposed to the [Ohrid Agreement] to join the bloc" (
druge vanparlamentarne i parlamentarne činioce koji se protive francusko nemačkom predlogu da postanu deo ovog bloka). SSZ and Dveri announced on 9 October that they had begun talks with NADA, Narodna, and other extra-parliamentary parties to expand SDB for the upcoming elections.
Miloš Jovanović, the president of NDSS, did not rule out NADA joining SDB; he also said that "if it does not happen it will not be a drama" (
i ako se ne desi nije drama). Further talks between SSZ, Dveri, NDSS, POKS, and Narodna were held in late October 2023; however, Stefan Stamenkovski, on behalf of SSZ, rejected the proposed document to create a single electoral list for the
2023 parliamentary election. Đurđević Stamenkovski herself said that "they had multiple constructive discussions" (
imali su nekoliko konstruktivnih razgovora) but that there would not be a single electoral list consisting of SSZ, Dveri, NDSS, POKS, and Narodna. Following these negotiations, Ković disassociated himself with SSZ and Dveri.
Elections and aftermath On 27 October, SSZ and Dveri presented Ristić as their mayoral candidate for the
elections in Belgrade. Once the elections were called on 1 November, SSZ and Dveri announced that they would contest the elections under the National Gathering (NO) label instead. The
Republic Electoral Commission confirmed their electoral list on 5 November, with Đurđević Stamenkovski as the ballot holder. For the Belgrade City Assembly election, their electoral list was confirmed on 13 November. Their electoral list for the
Vojvodina provincial election was confirmed on 27 November. NO held its last campaign convention on 10 December. In the elections, NO failed to cross the
electoral threshold, and thus it lost representation in the
National Assembly of Serbia and the
City Assembly of Belgrade and failed to gain representation in the
Assembly of Vojvodina. Subsequently, Obradović resigned as president of Dveri and announced his retirement from national politics. Ristić also defected to the
We – Power of the People (MI–SN) organisation of
Branimir Nestorović. The coalition was eventually dissolved on 30 December. SSZ changed its perception of SNS after the elections. It was initially announced that SSZ would join the
People's Movement for the State and that it would contest the
local elections in
Prokuplje and
Pirot with SNS. Later, in April 2024, SSZ announced that it would contest the
2024 Belgrade City Assembly election with SNS and the
Socialist Party of Serbia. In this election, SSZ regained one seat in the City Assembly of Belgrade. Ristić also became a councillor, on behalf of MI–SN. Amidst the campaign, Đurđević Stamenkovski was appointed a minister in the new government of Serbia. == Ideology and platform ==