The True People's Party ( sr, Права народна странка, Prava narodna stranka, abbr. ПНС/ PNS), also known as the Pravaši (''Rightists''), was a conservative and royalist

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in the

Principality of Montenegro The Principality of Montenegro ( sr, Књажевина Црна Горa, Knjaževina Crna Gora) was a principality in Southeastern Europe that existed from 13 March 1852 to 28 August 1910. It was then proclaimed a kingdom by Nikola I, who then ...

and the

Kingdom of Montenegro The Kingdom of Montenegro ( sr, Краљевина Црна Горa, Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a monarchy in southeastern Europe, present-day Montenegro, during the tumultuous period of time on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World ...

, 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 Sekula Drljević (; 7 September 1884 – 10 November 1945) was a Montenegrin nationalist, Yugoslav jurist, politician, orator, and theoretician. During World War II, he was a collaborator with the Ustaše in the German puppet state of t ...

Filip Jergović Filip Jergović ( sr-cyrl, Филип Јерговић) was the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Montenegro from September 1910 to June 1912, being succeeded by Sekula Drljević. He was educated in Zagreb and Vienna en, Viennese , i ...

, Krsto Popović,

Mitar Martinović Mitar Martinović ( sr-cyrl, Митар Мартиновић; Cetinje, 8 September 1870 – Belgrade, 11 February 1954) was a Montenegrin vojvoda and divisional general in the Yugoslav Royal Army. He was a short-term Prime Minister of Montenegr ...

and

Milutin Vučinić Milutin Vučinić ( sr-cyrl, Милутин Вучинић; 12 April 1869 in Gornji Rogami, Piperi, Montenegro – 14 September 1922 in Rome, Italy) was a Montenegrin soldier and politician. Biography Vučinić was the son of brigadier Mijajlo ...

. 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

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, and for advocating the unification of Montenegro and

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under the Karađorđević dynasty, as advocated by the opposition People's Party (NS).

History

The party was founded in 1907 by Prince Nikola I due to the People's Party boycott during the elections at the time, as a mark of protest against the bad relations the Montenegrin government had with

. The ''pravaši'' supported Nikola's rule and proclaimed him the King in 1910. At the 1914 elections, both Montenegrin parties ran and the People's Party defeated the True People's Party, winning most of the parliamentary seats. In the wake of the forthcoming

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, some members of the True People's Party rejoined the People's Party and subsequently altered the program of the party to include the unification of Montenegro and Serbia. The party was officially dissolved in 1918 after the

Podgorica Assembly The Great National Assembly of the Serb People in Montenegro ( sr, Велика народна скупштина српског народа у Црној Гори, Velika narodna skupština srpskog naroda u Crnoj Gori), commonly known as the Po ...

proclaimed the unification of Montenegro with

Election results

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:True People's Party Defunct political parties in Montenegro 1907 establishments in Montenegro Kingdom of Montenegro Political history of Montenegro Montenegrin nationalism Monarchist parties Conservative parties in Montenegro