History
It was founded on 5 November, 2005 by a faction of the Democratic Party (DS) after their leader, former Deputy Prime Minister Čedomir Jovanović had been expelled in a party purge. The party was represented in the Assembly after Đorđe Đukić defected from the Democratic Party to the Liberal Democratic Party. Members of the foundation board were: Nenad Prokić, Nikola Samardžić, Branislav Lečić and Đorđe Đukić. The party also reached a coalition agreement for the 2007 parliamentary election with the Civic Alliance of Serbia, League of Vojvodina Social Democrats and the Social Democratic Union.
The Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the LDP in 2007 after long announcements, increasing the number of LDP's seats in the parliament from 6 to 9.
Jovanović has repeatedly offered Tadić a hand in forming a new government after the 2008 elections, providing the DS change its policy on Kosovo, in recognising Kosovo as an independent state.
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