People's Party Work for Betterment (Bosnian

Bosnian language

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 and Croatian

Croatian language

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: Narodna Stranka Radom za Boljitak) is a multi-ethnic party in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, which enjoys support from all ethnic groups, but most of its members and voters are Croats

Croats

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. It was founded and run by Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović

Mladen Ivankovic-Lijanovic

Mladen Ivanković Lijanović is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician and businessman...

, from Široki Brijeg

Široki Brijeg

-Name:The name of the city means "the wide hill" in Croatian . The city is also sometime referred to as "Široki Brig" and among the inhabitants of Herzegovina simply as "Široki" . Between 1945 and 1990, the name was officially Lištica, after the river that flows through it.-Geography:The river...

. According to Article 2 of the party's statute it promotes the following principles;

• To protect and preserve sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina within its internationally accepted borders;
• To shape a modern democratic and social state with multi-party Parliament and with division of authority on legislative, executive and judicial branch;
• To protect and achieve freedom and rights of every human being regardless to his/hers national, religious, political, racial, proprietary, or any other kind of differences;
• To achieve free market economy and private entrepreneurship, and social politics according to the Western European principles and standards;
• To develop economy as a base for faster renewal and growth of our country in all of its segments;
• To create new work-places or to decrease the number of unemployed persons;
• Return of refugees and displaced persons in their pre-war homes as fast as possible;
• To stop negative trend of young and expert people emigrating from our country;
• To create conditions for healthy life through nature preservation and human environment protection.

2006 election results

In the legislative election held on 1 October 2006 the party won;

• 1 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe house of representatives of BiH consists of 42 members which are elected by...
  
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• 3 out of 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the legislative body of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
  
  
• 2 out of 35 seats in the assembly of the Tuzla Canton
  Tuzla Canton
  The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...
  
  
• 2 out of 21 seats in the assembly of the Posavina Canton
  Posavina Canton
  The Posavina Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the smallest canton, with an area of only 325 km² populated by 43,588 people , 83% of them are Croats. Its capital city is Orašje The Posavina Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is...
  
  
• 2 out of the 23 seats in the assembly of West Herzegovina Canton
  West Herzegovina Canton
  The West Herzegovina Canton or West Herzegovina County is one of the 10 cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Geography and population:It is located in the south of the country. It has a total area of 1,362 km2 and 81,523 inhabitants...
  
  
• 1 out of 35 seats in the assembly of the Zenica-Doboj Canton
  Zenica-Doboj Canton
  The Zenica-Doboj Canton is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Geography:This canton is situated in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal capital is Zenica and the other town mentioned in the name is Doboj, which is in Republika Srpska, but part of the...
  
  
• 1 out of 25 seats in the assembly of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton
  Bosnian Podrinje Canton
  The Bosnian Podrinje Canton is one of the 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Geography:It is located in the eastern central part of the country, in the region of Podrinje...
  
  
• 1 out of 30 seats in the assembly of the Central Bosnia Canton
  Central Bosnia Canton
  The Central Bosnia Canton is one of the ten cantons of The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Geography:It is located in the center of the country, to the west of Sarajevo...
  
  
• 1 out of 10 seats in the assembly of Canton 10
  Canton 10
  Canton 10 or County 10 is the tenth canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The capital of County and its president is in Kupres...