Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia

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The Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia (Macedonian: Партија за целосна еманципација на Ромите од Македонија,^[1] Partija za Celosna Emancipacija na Romite od Makedonija, PCERM) is a political party in Macedonia representing the Roma minority.

History

The PCERM contested the 1990 parliamentary elections at a time when Macedonia was still part of Yugoslavia. It ran alone in some areas and in alliance with the Socialist Party in others, the latter alliance winning a single seat,^[2] taken by Faik Abdi.^[3] It ran alone in the 1994 elections, receiving 0.7% of the vote and winning one seat.^[2] During the 1994–98 parliamentary term it was represented in the Assembly by Abdi and Amdi Bajram.^[4]

The 1998 elections saw the party run in an alliance with the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party of Turks, the Democratic Progressive Party of Roma in Macedonia and the Party of Democratic Action of Macedonia. Despite finishing sixth with 4.7% of the national vote, the alliance failed to win a single seat. The PCERM contested the 2002 elections alone, but received just 0.2% of the vote and remained seatless.

The party did not contest the 2006 elections. However, it returned to run in the 2008 elections as part of the For a Better Macedonia coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE. The alliance won the election, taking 63 of the 120 seats in the Assembly.

However, prior to the 2011 elections, the PCERM joined the Social Democratic Union (SDSM)-led alliance,^[5] which lost the election to the VMRO-DPMNE coalition. It remained part of the SDSM alliance for the 2014 elections, again losing to VMRO-DPMNE.

References

Political parties in the Republic of Macedonia
VMRO-DPMNE alliance (51 seats)	VMRO-DPMNE Socialist Party of Macedonia Democratic Party of Turks Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia Union of Roma in Macedonia GROM Party of the Democratic Action of Macedonia Party of the Vlachs from Macedonia Bosniak Democratic Party Permanent Macedonian Radical Unification People's Movement for Macedonia VMRO-United Fatherland's Macedonian Organisation for Radical Renewal VMRO-Macedonia
SDSM alliance (49 seats)	SDSM New Social Democratic Party Liberal Democratic Party United for Macedonia Democratic Renewal of Macedonia Party for a European Future Party for the Movement of the Turks in Macedonia Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia Serbian Party in Macedonia Democratic Alliance of Vlachs Sandžak List Workers Party
Other parties	Democratic Union for Integration (10) Lëvizja Besa (5) Democratic Party of Albanians (2) Democratic Union (1) National Democratic Revival (1)
Without MPs	Albanian Democratic Union Democratic Alternative Democratic League of Bosniaks Liberal Party of Macedonia National Democratic Party New Democracy Party for Democratic Prosperity Party of United Democrats of Macedonia Social Democratic Party United Party of Romas in Macedonia VMRO-People's Party
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