True People's Party Права народна странка Prava narodna stranka | |
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Leader | Jovan Plamenac Mitar Martinović Lazar Mijušković |
Founder | Lazar Mijušković |
Founded | 1907 |
Dissolved | 1918 |
Succeeded by | Montenegrin Greens Montenegrin Federalists (not legal successor) |
Headquarters | Cetinje |
Ideology | Conservatism Monarchism Souverainism |
Political position | Right-wing |
The True People's Party (Serbian: Права народна странка, romanized: Prava narodna stranka, abbr. ПНС/ PNS), also known as the Pravaši (Rightists), was a conservative and monarchist political party in the Principality of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Montenegro, founded in 1907. The party represented the government, the rule of the Prince and later on the rule of King Nikola I. The True People's Party was led by Lazar Mijušković and notable party members included Jovan S. Plamenac, Marko Đukanović, Ivo Đurović, Sekula Drljević, Filip Jergović, Krsto Popović, Mitar Martinović and Milutin Vučinić. Montenegrin politics during the time of the party existence was deeply divided on the issue of supporting Nikola I's absolutist rule in order to retain the independence of Montenegro, and for advocating the unification of Montenegro and Serbia under the Karađorđević dynasty, as advocated by the opposition People's Party (NS).