Liberal Alliance of Montenegro
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The Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (Montenegrin
Montenegrin language
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: Либерални Савез Црне Горе - ЛСЦГ, Liberalni Savez Crne Gore - LSCG) was a liberal political party
Political party
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 in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. The party used to be a member of Liberal International
Liberal International
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.

LSCG was the first political party to advocate independent Montenegro, and was a strong supporter of the independence idea throughout its existence. It was also the only party that openly opposed to Montenegrin involvement into war in Croatia
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

 and bombing of Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
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 in 1991.

At the last legislative elections in Montenegro
Elections in Montenegro
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in which the party took part, on 21 October 2002, LSCG won 4 out of 75 seats.

http://www.lscg.org/content/actualities-item.asp?intNieuwsID=2183.



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