Civis (Montenegro)

The Civis was founded in April 2019 in Podgorica, as a political non-governmental organization, by group of Montenegrin civic activists, gathered around Srđan "Srđa" Pavićević, a surgeon and human rights activist. Civis was part of 2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests.[2] Since its establishment, the organization cooperated closely with the parliamentary party United Reform Action, whose members were many of the founders of the organization.[3] The political positions of Civis since its foundation are based on liberalism, europeanism, anti-corruption, technocracy and minority rights politics.[4][5] At the 2020 parliamentary election Civis was part of the United Reform Action-led In Black and White electoral list. The list won 4 parliamentary seats at the election, one of which belonged to Civis.[6]