Rivers of Justice Rijeke pravde | |
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| Leader | Siniša Hajdaš Dončić |
| Founder | Zoran Milanović |
| Founded | 23 November 2010 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Ideology | Social democracy Social liberalism Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| Slogan | "Rivers of justice are coming"[1] ("Rijeke pravde dolaze") |
| Sabor | 42 / 151 |
| European Parliament[a] | 4 / 12 |
| County Prefects[b] | 2 / 21 |
| Mayors | 24 / 128 |
Rivers of Justice (Croatian: Rijeke pravde)[2] is a centre-left political alliance in Croatia. Gathered around the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), the coalition was originally formed in 2010 as the Kukuriku coalition (Kukuriku koalicija). This somewhat facetious name meaning 'cock-a-doodle-doo', taken from a restaurant of the same name in Kastav where the coalition leaders first convened in July 2009, became well known and was eventually taken as the coalition's official name.[3][4][5] The coalition originally consisted of four centrist and centre-left parties in the Croatian Parliament: the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD), Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS).[6] The coalition won an absolute majority of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election and successfully formed a government led by Zoran Milanović (SDP).
In the 2014–15 presidential election, the coalition supported the candidacy of incumbent president Ivo Josipović. He won 38.46% of the vote in the first round, finishing narrowly ahead of conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. In the run-off, on 11 January 2015, Josipović lost by a slim margin of around 32,500 votes, winning 49.3% of the vote to Grabar-Kitarović's 50.7%,[7] becoming the first Croatian president to not win re-election.
For the 2015 parliamentary election, the coalition changed its name into Croatia is Growing (Hrvatska raste) - in reference to the continuous growth of economic indicators such as the GDP, industrial production, exports, and employment rate, which was achieved in the last two years of the mandate of the Milanović's government. The coalition was later joined by the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL), Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and Zagorje Party (ZS), while the IDS in turn left it. Nevertheless, the leader of the IDS, Boris Miletić, explicitly pointed out that his party would still continue to collaborate with the coalition. After the coalition failed to achieve a post-electoral agreement with the Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST) on the formation of the new government, it was required to move into the opposition. On 16 July 2016, the SDP, HNS-LD, HSU and the HSS signed coalition agreement in Zabok and thus re-established the coalition under a new name - the People's Coalition (Narodna koalicija). Following the 2016 parliamentary election, the coalition once again failed to return to the government and thus remained in the opposition.
The coalition's founder, former prime minister Zoran Milanović, was elected the 5th president of Croatia in the 2019–20 presidential election. He did so by defeating the incumbent, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, of the ruling HDZ. In the run-up to the 2020 parliamentary election five parties agreed to form the Restart Coalition (Restart koalicija). These are the SDP, HSS, HSU, Civic-Liberal Alliance (GLAS) and Power - Party of People's and Civic Engagement (SNAGA), respectively. In May 2020 the coalition was joined by the Damir Bajs Independent List party and the Democratic Alliance of Međimurje,[8][9] while in June 2020 the coalition was further expanded to include the Istrian Democratic Assembly and the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS).[10][11] On 10 June 2020, Darinko Dumbović, the mayor of Petrinja, and a member of Parliament for the People's Party – Reformists (NS-R), signed a coalition agreement with the Restart Coalition in the 6th electoral district.[12] Furthermore, on 12 June the Restart Coalition reached an agreement with Matija Posavec, the independent prefect of Međimurje County, on a joint electoral list for the 3rd electoral district.[13]
- ^ "SDP postavio jumbo plakate i otkrio slogan". 24sata.hr. 24sata. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Grbin: Koalicija Rijeke pravde kreće u pobjedu i Z..., ne smijem to reći, isto". index.hr (in Croatian). 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Kukuriku koalicija: Ukinut ćemo POVLAŠTENE mirovine zastupnicima! 'Plan 21'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 15 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Program Kukuriku koalicije: Rast BDP-a od 2 do 4%, manji doprinosi, ukidanje povlaštenih mirovina" (in Croatian). SEEbiz.eu. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
Kukuriku koalicija je savez četiriju stranaka koje zaokupljaju slične vrijednosti i kojima je zajednički cilj - probuditi hrvatske potencijale i stvoriti ekonomski stabilnu Hrvatsku u kojoj žive zadovoljni građani, opisuje se oporba te pojašnjava što je Plan 21.
- ^ "Zašto baš 'Kukuriku koalicija'?". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Kukuriku koalicija zajedno izlazi na sljedeće izbore". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 8 November 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Croatia Makes History with First Woman President, but Her Politics Worry Some Voters". 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - DAMIR BAJS SE PRIDRUŽIO RESTART KOALICIJI Bernardić: 'Predstoji nam borba protiv najvećeg virusa koji je pogodio Hrvatsku - virusa HDZ-ove korupcije'". 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Bernardić nije odgovorio tko vodi SDP u Međimurju".
- ^ "IDS dio koalicije - Restart prihvatio uvjete za koaliranje" [IDS part of the coalition - Restart accepted the conditions for coalition]. Glas Istre (in Croatian). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - 'CILJ JE SKINUTI HDZ S VLASTI' Širi se Restart: SDP prihvatio uvjete IDS-a, idu zajedno na parlamentarne izbore, evo o kojim temama se pregovaralo". 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Reformisti i Restart koalicija u VI. Izbornoj jedinici zajedno: "Želimo uhvatiti zadnji vlak za opstanak"". 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Matija Posavec na izbore izlazi s Restart koalicijom, otkrili i u kojoj izbornoj jedinici".
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