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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Serbo-Croatian: Odbor za pripremu kongresa demokratske i programske obnove Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije (CK SKJ)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mihaljević, Josip (2018). "Kako su se kalili partijski kadrovi: osnivanje, koncepcija i djelatnost Političke škole SKJ "Josip Broz Tito" u Kumrovcu" [How party cadres were trained: establishment, conception and activity of the SKJ Political School "Josip Broz Tito" in Kumrovec]. Historijski zbornik (Original scientific paper). 71 (2): 396.
- ^ a b "Odbor za pripremu" [Preparation Committee]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 30 May 1990. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "New state President–Warning on country's disintegration–Non-communist governments in Slovenia and Croatia". Keesing's Record of World Events (in Croatian). May 1990. Retrieved 21 September 2023. Volume 36 (1990), Issue No. 5 (May) & p. 37463
- ^ a b c d Staff writer 1990a, p. 75.
- ^ a b Staff writer 1990b, p. 74.
- ^ Remington 1991, p. 6.
- ^ Klemenčič & Zagar 2004, p. 291.
- ^ a b Vojinović, M. (10 March 2001). "Kako su se socijalisti dočepali ogromne imovine početkom devedesetih: Leva ruka, desni džep" [How socialists got hold of huge assets in the early nineties: Left hand, right pocket]. Glas javnosti (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Sasso 2017, pp. 320–325.
- ^ Staff writer 1990d, p. 59.
- ^ Stroynowski 1989a, p. 143.
- ^ Morrison 2018, p. 37; Djukanović 2023, p. 57.
- ^ "U Sarajevu umro Nijaz Duraković" [Nijaz Duraković died in Sarajevo] (in Bosnian). Al Jazeera Balkans. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Komitet Organizacije SKJ u JNA: Predsjednik Grubišić" [Organisation Committee of the SKJ in the JNA: President Grubišić]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 26 May 1990. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
"Božidar Grubišić" [Božidar Grubišić]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023. - ^ Elsie 2011, p. 193.
- ^ "Šipovac predsjednik" [Šipovac elected president]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 22 January 1989. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Petar Škundrić" [Petar Škundrić] (in Serbian). Istinomer. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Vremeplov (28. decembar 2016)" [Time machine (December 28, 2016)] (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 28 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Preminuo Miodrag Vuković" [Miodrag Vuković passed away]. Nezavisni dnevnik Vijesti (in Montenegrin). 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Djukanović, Bojka (2023). Historical Dictionary of Montenegro. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5381-3915-8.
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- Morrison, Kenneth (2018). Nationalism, Identity and Statehood in Post-Yugoslav Montenegro. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4742-3520-4.
- Klemenčič, Matjaž; Zagar, Mitja (2004). The Former Yugoslavia's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781851095476.
- Remington, Robert Alison (1991). "Yugoslav Soldiers in Politics: On the Road to Civil War". Occasional Papers. University of Missouri–St. Louis.
- Sasso, Alfredo (2017). "Observation, not resolution'. The final congresses of the Bosnian communists (1989-1990)". In Kamberović, H (ed.). Bosna i Hercegovina u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji: od Ustava 1946. do Deklaracije o nezavisnosti 1991. godine. Institut za Istoriju – UHMIS. ISBN 992680828X.
- 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.
- Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989a). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: A–H. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN 3-598-10719-6.
- Vostrukhov, Ye. (1990). "Communist Parties: Split not Overcome—Results of the 14th LCY Congress". The Current Digest of the Soviet Press. Vol. 1–25. Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. p. 75.
