Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska
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The Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska (Serbian
: Српска Радикална Странка РС, Srpska Radikalna Stranka RS) is a Serbian ultra-nationalist political party
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
At the last general election
, on 1 October 2006, the party won no seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
and 2 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
The Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska is closely associated to the Nationalist Serbian Radical Party with both of their parties having close policies and both being founded by Vojislav Šešelj
a Radical ultranationalist Serb.
The party's core ideology is based on Serbian nationalism, and it subscribes to the idea of Greater Serbia which, according to Šešelj, is the raison d'être of the party. The party also describes itself as anti-globalist, and wants to abandon Serbian attempts to become a member of the European Union. Instead, it aims to establish pan-Slavic "brotherly" ties with Russia, as well as ties with China, and to unite all Balkan Serbs into a single country. In 2007 it advocated the use of force to block the independence of Kosovo. The party remains loyal to the legacy of late President Milošević, and would bring an end to searches for fugitives wanted by the ICTY such as Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadžić; the party regards both to be "Serbian heroes".
Serbian language
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: Српска Радикална Странка РС, Srpska Radikalna Stranka RS) is a Serbian ultra-nationalist political party
Political party
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in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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At the last general election
Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2006
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, on 1 October 2006, the party won no seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe house of representatives of BiH consists of 42 members which are elected by...
and 2 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
The Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska is closely associated to the Nationalist Serbian Radical Party with both of their parties having close policies and both being founded by Vojislav Šešelj
Vojislav Šešelj
Vojislav Šešelj, JD is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and was vice-president of Serbia between 1998 and 2000...
a Radical ultranationalist Serb.
The party's core ideology is based on Serbian nationalism, and it subscribes to the idea of Greater Serbia which, according to Šešelj, is the raison d'être of the party. The party also describes itself as anti-globalist, and wants to abandon Serbian attempts to become a member of the European Union. Instead, it aims to establish pan-Slavic "brotherly" ties with Russia, as well as ties with China, and to unite all Balkan Serbs into a single country. In 2007 it advocated the use of force to block the independence of Kosovo. The party remains loyal to the legacy of late President Milošević, and would bring an end to searches for fugitives wanted by the ICTY such as Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadžić; the party regards both to be "Serbian heroes".