Independent Bloc (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Independent Bloc (Bosnian: Nezavisni Blok or NB) is a conservative[1] and big tent political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] Its current leader is Senad Šepić

Independent Bloc

Nezavisni Blok
PresidentSenad Šepić
Founded9 September 2017
Split fromParty of Democratic Action
HeadquartersSarajevo
IdeologyCivic nationalism
Conservatism[1]
Economic liberalism
Catch-all party
Political positionCentre
HoR BiH
1 / 42
HoP BiH
0 / 15
HoR FBiH
1 / 98
HoP FBiH
0 / 58
Assembly of RS
0 / 83
Website
nezavisniblok.ba

History

The Independent Bloc was founded in 2017[2] after three SDA members of the House of Representatives, Senad Šepić, Sadik Ahmetović and Salko Sokolović, received warnings from SDA's president Bakir Izetbegović that they will be removed from the party because they voted against increasing excise taxes for petroleum and petroleum products. Not willing to vote on the excise taxes SDA removed Šepić and gave a "penalty card" to the other two.[3] Not long after all of them left the party and formed the delegates club of the Independent Bloc which would soon after become a separate political party.

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. "U Sarajevu osnovan Nezavisni blok, za predsjednika izabran Senad Šepić (FOTO)". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  3. "Šepić isključen iz SDA, trojici funkcionera ukor". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
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