Committee for the Preparation of the Democratic and Programmatic Renewal
The Committee for the Preparation of the Congress of Democratic and Programmatic Renewal of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY)[a] was elected on 26 May 1990, the last day of the 14th Congress, with Montenegrin Miroslav Ivanović as its chairman.[2] The committee was tasked with convening the 15th LCY Congress on 29 September 1990 and renewing the organisation.[3] It also acted like a provisional leadership that took over some of the powers of the Presidency and the Central Committee, whose composition was not reelected at the 14th Congress.[4] It worked on creating a new statute and programme for the reformed organisation.[4] A committee working group was established to propose a new name for the LCY. It eventually landed on the "Yugoslav Socialist Party" (YSP), wrote a draft programme, and created an electoral symbol to participate in national elections. According to Serb Predrag Jereminov, the committee's vice chairman, the party would base its program on the following principles: "Democratic socialism, federalism, national equality, a market, and a rule of law and welfare state".[5] The proposed draft programme stated the YSP originated from the LCY, but that it was a new party since, according to Jereminov, "the League of Communists of Yugoslavia is definitively going into history."[5]
Despite the committee's work, the LCY was faltering. In February, the League of Communists of Slovenia (LC Slovenia) officially left the LCY, while the League of Communists of Croatia (LC Croatia) refused to support work to continue the LCY and the League of Communists of Macedonia (LC of Macedonia) moving to a similar position after the Slovene and Croatian abandonment of the party. At its 12th Extraordinary Congress on 16–17 July, the League of Communists of Serbia (LC Serbia) declared that the LCY "no longer exists" and stopped supporting the committee's work. In August, the committee informed the public that the proposed congress could not be organised since no representatives from the LCs of Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia were willing to partake in its activities. To continue financing its work, the committee began leasing eight floors of the Ušće Tower that same month.[6] This was followed by the dissolution of the party organisation in the Yugoslav People's Army and the establishment of the League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia (LC–MY) on 19 November 1990.[7] Later, on 22 January 1991, the committee dissolved itself—the last federal organ of the LCY—and transferred all its funds and property to the LC–MY.[8] The League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the last republican organisation that broke with the LCY, doing so officially only on 24 February 1991.[9]
Known convocations
| Meeting | Date | Length | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Session | 27 May 1990 | 1 day | Ordinary | [4] |
| 2nd Session | 31 May 1990 | 1 day | Ordinary | [4] |
| ? Session | 22 January 1991 | 1 day | Ordinary | [8] |
Composition
| Name | Birth | PM | Death | Branch | Nationality | Gender | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Brigić | 1936 | 1957 | 2015 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Croat | Male | [11] |
| Momir Bulatović | 1956 | ? | 2019 | Montenegro | Montenegrin | Male | [12] |
| Simeon Bunčić | ? | ? | ? | Yugoslav People's Army | Serb | Male | |
| Nijaz Duraković | 1949 | 1967 | 2012 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Serb | Male | [13] |
| Božidar Grubišić | 1932 | 1951 | 2021 | Yugoslav People's Army | Croat | Male | [14] |
| Miroslav Ivanović | 1955 | ? | ? | Montenegro | Montenegrin | Male | [2] |
| Predrag Jereminov | 1954 | ? | ? | Vojvodina | Serb | Male | |
| Rahman Morina | 1943 | ? | 1990 | Kosovo | Albanian | Male | [15] |
| Nedeljko Šipovac | 1942 | 1960 | Alive | Vojvodina | Serb | Male | [16] |
| Petar Skundrić | 1947 | 1965 | Alive | Serbia | Serb | Male | [17] |
| Radoš Smiljković | 1934 | ? | ? | Serbia | Serb | Male | |
| Dževad Tašić | ? | ? | ? | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Muslim | Male | |
| Bogdan Trifunović | 1933 | ? | 2007 | Serbia | Serb | Male | [18] |
| Miodrag Vuković | 1955 | ? | 2022 | Montenegro | Montenegrin | Male | [19] |
| Jagoš Zelenović | 1944 | ? | ? | Kosovo | Serb | Male |
Notes
References
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- Staff writer (1990a). "Committee for Preparing Renewal Congress Meets". Daily Report: East Europe. Vol. 101–110. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. p. 75.
- Staff writer (1990b). "LCY Expected To Become New Socialist Party". Daily Report: East Europe. Vol. 171–180. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. p. 74.
- Staff writer (1990c). "Renewal Chairman Seeks 'Unity in Diversity'". Daily Report: East Europe. Vol. 101–110. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. p. 75.
- Staff writer (1990d). "LCY Congress Preparation Committee Named". Daily Report: East Europe. Vol. 101–110. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. p. 59.
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