Sarmu probo nisi ( sr-cyr, Сарму пробо ниси, , meaning "You haven't tasted the sarma"), SPN, is a satirical political organization in

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formed in

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in 2016.

History

SPN started as a fictional political party created by a group of comedians from Mladenovac. They became popular after they filmed a humorous parody promotional video for their fictional leader " Ljubiša Preletačević Beli" (played by a man named Luka Maksimović). After the video became popular on YouTube, they were persuaded by followers to participate in the election. The group vowed to make a lot of false promises and false hope. The focal point of their campaign was the promise to open a

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department for

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s in the local hospital in order to spare the country of their expenses. Local council elections were held in most municipalities and cities in Serbia on 24 April 2016, together with the 2016 parliamentary election. Because SPN was not officially registered as political party, they participated as an independent list called "Beli – Samo jako" (''Beli – Keep it strong!''). This list surprisingly won 20% of the votes and 12 seats, becoming the second strongest group in the local council of Mladenovac, behind only the ruling

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Ljubiša Preletačević Luka Maksimović ( sr-cyr, Лука Максимовић, ; born 17 July 1991) is a Serbian comedian and political activist best known for his role as the satirical fictional politician named Ljubiša Preletačević "Beli" ( sr-cyr, Љубиша � ...

, the leader of SPN, participated in the

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. He came third with 9.44% of the vote. In early 2018, the party dissociated itself from Maksimović/Preletačević. Maksimović subsequently formed a new electoral list and participated in the March 2018 election for the Assembly of the City of Belgrade with this new group.

Electoral results

Presidential elections

References

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External links

Official website
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