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Maksimović legally changed his name to "Ljubiša
Preletačević Beli" and gave written permission for his name to be used on the electoral list. After that, electoral commission approved the list. Some political commentators and opponents criticized this unusually quick name changing procedure and accused Maksimović for secretly working for the ruling party. Luka Maksimović dismissed those accusations and said that his cousin already filed a request for name change two weeks earlier.
245:(SPN) started as a fictional political party created by a group of comedians from Mladenovac. They became popular after they filmed a humorous parody promotional video for their fictional leader "Ljubiša Preletačević Beli". After the video became popular on YouTube, they were persuaded by their followers to participate in the election. The group vowed to make a lot of false promises and false hope. The focal point of their campaign was the promise to open a
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Preletačević Beli - Zato što volimo Belovgrad". Electoral commission refused to approve his list without permission from a person whose name is used (although there was no person with that name at that moment). After that, it was reported that that same day Maksimović's cousin Ognjen
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so that residents could sled in the wintertime. He would tell voters that he would offer "three times as much" as the other candidates. He noted that he supported universal employment, increased pensions for all people, and endorsed "uniting" the
Balkans to become a superpower.
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On 11 March 2017, Maksimović announced that he collected 10,000 signatures of support needed for candidacy. On 13 March, national
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His party participated in the 2016 local council election in the municipality of
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457:"Ljubiša Preletačević Beli: Osnovali partiju iz šale i sada stvarno skupili potpise za kandidaturu"
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551:"Beli Preletačević: Mama i tata su mi najveća podrška, al' još mi je rano da budem PREDSEDNIK"
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in the local hospital in order to spare the country of their expenses.
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on 4 March 2017. He campaigns under his
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705:"Beli Preletačević objavio da ima dovoljno potpisa za kandidaturu"
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At the March 2018 local election, Maskimović participated with an
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for personal gains. The nickname "Beli" means "White" in
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838:"In Serbia's Election, The Comedian Is A Serious Contender"
792:"Serbia's Protests Aren't the Beginning of a Balkan Spring"
674:"Preletačević Beli kočijom u Kragujevac, trka za potpise"
613:"Preletačević Beli kočijom u Kragujevac, trka za potpise"
643:"Radulović: I Beli da se kandiduje podigao bi izlaznost"
735:"Preletačević kandidat za predsednika: "Esam vam reko""
965:"Jeremić: Lista Belog Preletačevića vrhunac skandala"
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Surname Maksimović in Serbian can also be pronounced
1018:"Beli: Zahtev za ličnu kartu predat pre dve nedelje"
264:(SPN) and participated in the local election in the
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Serbian comedian and political activist (born 1991)
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519:Љубиша Бели Прелетачевић почео прикупљање потписа
422:Čongradin, S.; Marinković, S. (27 April 2016).
649:(in Serbo-Croatian). Beta. 27 February 2017.
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741:(in Serbo-Croatian). Tanjug. 13 March 2017.
582:"Za tri sata prikupio sam 46.000 potpisa!"
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836:Kakissis, Joanna (March 31, 2017).
680:(in Serbo-Croatian). Archived from
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860:"Beli: Na izbore sa novom ekipom"
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