Platform for Progress

Platform for Progress
Platforma za progres
PresidentMirsad Hadžikadić
Founded25 November 2018
HeadquartersSarajevo
IdeologyPro-Europeanism
Atlanticism
Civic nationalism
Political positionCentre
HoR BiH
0 / 42
HoP BiH
0 / 15
HoR FBiH
0 / 98
HoP FBiH
0 / 80
NA RS
0 / 83
Website
www.platformazaprogres.ba

The Platform for Progress (Bosnian: Platforma za progres, abbreviated PzP) is a centrist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded on 25 November 2018.[1] At the party's founding convention, the 1,200 delegates chose Mirsad Hadžikadić as president of the party and Aleksandar Eskić as vice president.[2]

History

2020 municipal elections

The party has supported electronic voting, similar to the system used in Estonia.[3] The party organized several protests in 2020. On 16 May 2020, it organized protests in Mostar, rallying in support of elections which had not been held in the city since 2008.[4] The party held similar protests in Tuzla and Sarajevo, in which they called for the 2020 Bosnian municipal elections to be held no later than 15 November.[5][6]

2022 general election

The Platform for Progress announced its president, Mirsad Hadžikadić's, candidacy in the Bosnian general election on 9 December 2021, running for Bosnian Presidency member and representing the Bosniaks.[7]

List of presidents

# Name
(Born–Died) 		Portrait Term of Office
1 Mirsad Hadžikadić
(b. 1955)		 25 November 2018 present

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
2022[a] 15th 25,007 1.57
0 / 42
 New
0 / 15
 New Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ Run in coalition with NB.

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year # Candidate Votes % Representing Elected?
2018 4th Mirsad Hadžikadić 58,555 10.09% Bosniaks No
2022 3rd Mirsad Hadžikadić 30,968 5.38% Bosniaks No

References

  1. ^ "Centralna izborna komisija, izvori finansiranja" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2. SKUPŠTINA PLATFORME ZA PROGRES: Predsjednik ponovo prof. Hadžikadić, zamjenik Aleksandar Eskić". IZDVOJENO.ba (in Bosnian). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Platforma za progres poziva na uvođenje elektronskog glasanja u BiH". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Mostar: Prosvjed 5 do 12, krenuo u 12". Bljesak.info. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Platforma za progres u Tuzli održala protestnu šetnju". BHRT (in Bosnian). 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Sarajevo: Protestna šetnja "Dosta je bilo šutnje"". BHRT (in Bosnian). 30 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ D.Be. (9 December 2021). "Potvrđena prva kandidatura za Predsjedništvo BiH, Mirsad Hadžikadić kreće u utrku" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 9 December 2021.