Liberal Alliance of Montenegro Liberalni savez Crne Gore Либерални савез Црне Горе
Founder	Slavko Perović
Founded	26 January 1990
Dissolved	24 March 2005
Headquarters	Cetinje
Ideology	Liberalism[1] Civic nationalism Sovereignism[2] Pacifism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party[1]
International affiliation	Liberal International (1994–2005)
Website
www.lscg.org
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Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (Montenegrin:Liberalni savez Crne Gore,LSCG / Либерални савез Црне Горе, ЛСЦГ) was aMontenegrinseparatist,liberal andanti-warpolitical party, active between 1990 and 2005. The Liberal Alliance was a full member of theLiberal International from 1994 until the party's dissolution in 2005.

The LSCG was the first political party to advocate an independent Montenegro during theYugoslav Wars period, and remained a strong supporter of the idea of independence throughout its existence.

It was also one of the only two parties, alongside theSocial Democratic Party, which openly opposed the Montenegrin involvement in theWar in Croatia and theshelling of Dubrovnik in 1991. Despite advocatingMontenegrin nationalism and thus pursuing separatist policies, LSCG was a strictly pacifist party, opting for democratic means in its political activity. It also openly supported the restoration of theMontenegrin language andMontenegrin Orthodox Church.

The LSCG was founded on 26 January 1990 by a group ofMontenegrin pro-independence oriented intellectuals led bySlavko Perović. The LSCG did not participate in the1990 parliamentary election, but Perović was one of the candidates on the electoral list of theUnion of Reform Forces (SRSJ), which won 17 seats and became the second minority.

During theindependence referendum campaign in 1992, the LSCG was the main promoter of independence together with Albanian minorityDemocratic Alliance in Montenegro. The two parties decided to boycott the referendum, which resulted in the pro-independence option receiving only 3.14% of the vote, which meant that Montenegro would remain a constituent republic (along with Serbia) ofFederal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The first election the LSCG participated in was the1992 parliamentary elections, in which it won 12,04% of the vote and 13 seats. This made it the third largest party in Montenegro, trailing behind theDPS and theNS. That same year, LSCG leader Slavko Perović was the party's presidential candidate, also coming in third place with 18,3% of the vote. He was eliminated before the second round of the election, which was won byMomir Bulatović (DPS).

At the1996 parliamentary election, the LSCG entered a coalition agreement with thePeople's Party (NS) calledPopular Unity. The idea was that such a coalition would open the way for reconciliation ofMontenegrins andSerbs, and they could start thinking about politics in a different way.^[3] The coalition of liberals and populists won 24.91% of votes and gained 19 MPs, 9 of which went to the LSCG. However, the LSCG terminated the coalition after the decision of the NS to enter into coalition with rulingDemocratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.

At the1997 presidential election, the LSCG did not table a candidate. However, in the second round the party supportedMilo Đukanović overMomir Bulatović, in order to send a message that they were not against the West which had supported Đukanović's candidacy. At thenext parliamentary election in 1998, the LSCG won 6,21% of the vote, slightly over than 20,000 votes, and 5 seats in the Montenegrin parliament. The LSCG lost a significant number of voters due to a change of policy by the DPS, which gradually started supporting the independence of Montenegro, attracting a portion of their voters. Due to the poor electoral result, Perović resigned from his post. At the party electoral convention, held on 23 and 24 January 1999,Miodrag Živković officially became the new political leader of the LSCG.^[4]

At the2001 parliamentary election, the LSCG received a larger number of votes: 7,85% (almost 28.000 votes), winning 6 seats in the Assembly. Due do the political deadlock, in which no party had won an absolute majority, the LSCG made an agreement with DPS to support its minority government. This decision came following a pledge from the DPS that within a year a referendum on independence would have been held.^[5] However, the LSCG still retained a resolute attitude of opposition, and withdrew support to the minority government due to the fact that the referendum had not been announced in the promised period. At the2002 parliamentary election, the LSCG campaign under the sloganMontenegro Can - LSCG, and won 5,77% of votes (just over 20.000 votes), receiving only 4 seats.

Together with other opposition parties, the LSCG boycotted thepresidential election held in February 2003, but opted to table a candidate for thepresidential election just three months later. LSCG candidate Miodrag Živković won 31,44% of votes, but was defeated in the first round by the ruling coalition candidateFilip Vujanović. These elections would prove be the last election the Liberal Alliance participated in.

Following the outbreak of theTrsteno Affair (sr), a corruption scandal related to the selling of state-owned Trsteno beach and cove inKotor municipality,^[6] the involved party officials led by incumbent party president Miodrag Živković were expelled from the party on 7 September 2004. The expelled party faction led by Živković went on to form theLiberal Party (LP) in October 2004. Following the expulsion of Živković, Vesna Perović was elected as new leader of LSCG on 23 October 2004. However, following the corruption scandal and general crisis in the party, just a year before the main goal laid out in its program, Montenegrin independence, was to be carried out at the21 May Referendum, the LSCG passed a decision to infinitely freeze its activity, a move declared to be a response to the constant repressive activity by the Montenegrin Agency of National Security.

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Coalition	Government
1992	35,596	12.04%	13 / 85	13	—	opposition
1996	74,963	24.91%	9 / 71	4	NS	gov't support[a]
1998	21,612	6.21%	5 / 78	4	—	opposition
2001	28,746	7.85%	6 / 77	1	—	gov't support[b]
2002	20,306	5.8%	4 / 75	2	—	opposition

^a Opposition (1996-1997), Minority government support (1997-1998)^b Limited minority government support (2001-2002)

• Slavko Perović, 1990–1999
• Miroslav Vicković, 1999–2002
• Miodrag Živković, 2002–2004
• Vesna Perović, 2004–2005

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