It is also widely recognised as a Serbian nationalist party, though the SPS itself does not acknowledge this.

But the main Serbian party will be controlled by an accused mass murderer, and its candidates will be his pawns.

He switched to the party hierarchy six years ago and was chosen head of the Serbian party in 1986.

The fight between the Serbian parties might be as much over power as ideology - all the parties are ethnic nationalists to varying degrees.

Serbian parties could yet control the Prejidor council if they agree to form a coalition, Reuters reported.

The Radicals had done no better in that region but this presented them far less of a problem because they had campaigned openly as a Serbian party.

In 1921 JMO aligned itself with the governing Serbian parties.

All Serbian political parties condemned this organisation.

The Serbian party found the terms unacceptable and refused to sign the draft.

In a show of political unity, all main Serbian parties on Wednesday rejected the United Nations proposal, Reuters reported.