Fatherland (movement)

The People's Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija "Fatherland" (Serbian: Народни покрет Срба са Косова и Метохије "Отаџбина", romanized: Narodni pokret Srba sa Kosova i Metohije "Otadžbina"), commonly known as the Fatherland, is a political organisation in Serbia and Kosovo that represents the Serbian minority in Kosovo.^[1] It is led by the former Mayor of Zubin Potok, and a prominent figure in the Kosovo Serb community, Slaviša Ristić.^[2]

Fatherland Отаџбина
President	Slaviša Ristić
Founded	19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)
Split from	Democratic Party of Serbia
Headquarters	North Mitrovica, Kosovo
Ideology	Kosovo Serb minority interests
Colours	Red
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Kosovo	0 / 120
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections Politics of Kosovo Political parties Elections

The organisation has heavily criticised the Serb List, and it claims that Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia.^[3]

History

"Fatherland" was founded on 19 January 2017 in North Mitrovica by the former Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija board members of the Democratic Party, Serbian Progressive Party, and the Socialist Party of Serbia.^[4] The first president of the organisation was Aleksandar Vasić. In 2018, Slaviša Ristic was selected as the president.^[2]

The organisation was a member of the Alliance for Serbia, a major opposition alliance in Serbia, during its existence.^[5] The organisation has criticised the Serb List for participating in the Kosovan elections, and for joining the Government of Kosovo.^[3] The organisation boycotted the 2019 Kosovan parliamentary elections as it claims that participating in the Kosovan elections violates the constitution of Serbia, and it called for the boycott of the 2020 Serbian parliamentary elections.^[6][7]

"Fatherland" endorsed presidential candidate Zdravko Ponoš and the United for the Victory of Serbia (Ujedinjeni za pobedu Srbije, UZPS) coalition in the 2022 Serbian general election.^[8]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
2020	Slaviša Ristić	Election boycott			0 / 250	1	SzS	Extra-parliamentary
2022		520,469	14.09%	2nd	1 / 250	1	UZPS	Opposition
2023		902,450	24.32%	2nd	0 / 250	1	SPN	Extra-parliamentary

Assembly of Kosovo

Assembly of Kosovo

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Serb seats	Seat change	Government
2019	Election boycott		0 / 120	0 / 10	0	Extra-parliamentary
2021	Election boycott		0 / 120	0 / 10	0	Extra-parliamentary