The Democratic Socialist Party (Serbian: Демократска социјалистичка партија, romanized: Demokratska Socijalistička Partija, abbr.
The party entered an internal crisis after this time, and on 17 October 2000 several formally prominent SPS figures, including Vučelić, called for Milošević's removal as leader.
Their efforts were unsuccessful; Milošević was able to consolidate his control over the party organization and remained as SPS leader until his death in 2006.
[2] In announcing the party's formation, Vučelić was quoted as saying, "Unfortunately, the fate of the SPS is in the hands of the leadership that has caused great damage to it so far.
[4] The DSP fielded its own electoral list in the 2000 Serbian parliamentary election, with Jović in the lead position and Vučelić in second place.