The True People's Party (, abbr. ÃÂÃÂá/ PNS), also known as the Pravaà ¡i (), was a conservative and monarchist political party in the Principality of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Montenegro, founded in 1907. The party represented the government, the rule of the Prince and later on the rule of King Nikola I. The True People's Party was led by Lazar Mijuà ¡koviàand notable party members included Jovan S. Plamenac, Marko ÃÂukanoviÃÂ, Ivo ÃÂuroviÃÂ, Sekula DrljeviÃÂ, Filip JergoviÃÂ, Krsto PopoviÃÂ, Mitar Martinoviàand Milutin VuÃÂiniÃÂ. Montenegrin politics during the time of the party existence was deeply divided on the issue of supporting Nikola I's absolutist rule in order to retain the independence of Montenegro, and for advocating the unification of Montenegro and Serbia under the KaraÃÂorÃÂeviàdynasty, as advocated by the opposition People's Party (NS).
The party was founded in 1907 by Prince Nikola I due to the People's Party boycott during the elections at the time, as a mark of protest against the bad relations the Montenegrin government had with Serbia. The pravaà ¡i supported Nikola's rule and proclaimed him the King in 1910. At the 1914 elections, both Montenegrin parties ran and the People's Party defeated the True People's Party, winning most of the parliamentary seats. In the wake of the forthcoming Great War, some members of the True People's Party rejoined the People's Party and subsequently altered the program of the party to include the unification of Montenegro and Serbia. The party was officially dissolved in 1918 after the Podgorica Assembly proclaimed the unification of Montenegro with Serbia.