Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party

The Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party (Croatian: Hrvatsko-bunjevačko-šokačka stranka, abbreviation: HBŠS, Serbian: Хрватско-буњевачко-шокачка странка / Hrvatsko-bunjevačko-šokačka stranka) is a minority political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, formed in 2004. The aim of the party is to represent Croats from Bunjevac and Šokac communities.

It was founded 20 June 2004 in Subotica.^[1]

The party claim to be the successor of the former Bunjevac-Šokac Party that existed during the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

The party is based in Subotica, Zagrebačka 1 Street. Its current president is Blaško Temunović. In 2007, he was beaten by two unknown attackers who also insulted his ethnic background.^[2]

Party slogan is "we want the same rights that Serbs have in Croatia".^[3]

This party set as its basic aim to unify all Croats from the area of Vojvodina and Central Serbia.^[1]

In Serbian presidential election 2008, Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party supported Čedomir Jovanović of Liberal Democratic Party.^[4]

HBŠS had no success on parliamentary elections, unlike Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina and Croatian National Alliance (as of 9 November 2007).

References

1. 1 2 Glas Koncila 7 dana u svijetu, 2004-07-27 (in Croatian)
2. ↑ Leader of Croatian party beaten at B92
3. ↑ Radio-Subotica HBŠS: Kome smeta zahtjev da Hrvati u Srbiji imaju ista prava kao Srbi u Hrvatskoj?, 2008-04-21 (in Croatian)
4. ↑ Radio-Subotica Potpora kandidatu LDP (in Croatian)

External links

• ORF: Kroatenpartei-Chef verprügelt (in German)
• Radio-Subotica Kronologija formiranja jedne partije, 21 July 2007 (in Croatian)

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