Committee for the Preparation of the Democratic and Programmatic Renewal explained

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) was elected on 26 May 1990, the last day of the 14th Congress, with Montenegrin Miroslav Ivanović as its chairman.^[1] The committee was tasked with convening the 15th LCY Congress on 29 September 1990 and renewing the organisation.^[2] 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. It worked on creating a new statute and programme for the reformed organisation. 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". 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."

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. 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. 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.^[3] 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.

Known convocations

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Date	Length	Type
1st Session	27 May 1990	1 day	Ordinary
2nd Session	31 May 1990	1 day	Ordinary
? Session	22 January 1991	1 day	Ordinary

Composition

Name! scope=col

	scope=col		scope=col		Branch	Nationality	Gender	scope=col class="unsortable"
	1936	1957	2015	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Croat	Male
	1956	?	2019	Montenegro	Montenegrin	Male
	?	?	?	Yugoslav People's Army	Serb	Male
	1949	1967	2012	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Serb	Male	^[4]
	1932	1951	2021	Yugoslav People's Army	Croat	Male	^[5]
	1955	?	?	Montenegro	Montenegrin	Male
	1954	?	?	Vojvodina	Serb	Male
	1943	?	1990	Kosovo	Albanian	Male
	1942	1960	Alive	Vojvodina	Serb	Male	^[6]
	1947	1965	Alive	Serbia	Serb	Male	^[7]
	1934	?	?	Serbia	Serb	Male
	?	?	?	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Muslim	Male
	1933	?	2007	Serbia	Serb	Male	^[8]
	1955	?	2022	Montenegro	Montenegrin	Male	^[9]
	1944	?	?	Kosovo	Serb	Male

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Odbor za pripremu . Preparation Committee . hr . . 30 May 1990 . 21 September 2023 . 21 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921091623/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?enable_text_edit=Y&page=4&displaySizeSelect=1&pv_page_id=179207&autocomplete_text= .
2. Web site: New state President–Warning on country's disintegration–Non-communist governments in Slovenia and Croatia . hr . . May 1990 . 21 September 2023 . Volume 36 (1990), Issue No. 5 (May) & p. 37463
3. Web site: 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 . Vojinović, M. . sr . . 10 March 2001 . 21 September 2023 . 21 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921092929/http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2001/03/11/srpski/R01031002.shtml .
4. Web site: U Sarajevu umro Nijaz Duraković . Nijaz Duraković died in Sarajevo . bs . . 29 January 2012 . 5 September 2023 . 5 September 2023 . https://archive.today/20230905165651/https://balkans.aljazeera.net/news/balkan/2012/1/29/u-sarajevu-umro-nijaz-durakovic .
5. Web site: Komitet Organizacije SKJ u JNA: Predsjednik Grubišić . Organisation Committee of the SKJ in the JNA: President Grubišić . hr . . 26 May 1990 . 19 September 2023 . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230919075327/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?enable_text_edit=N&page=1&displaySizeSelect=1&pv_page_id=185414&autocomplete_text= .
   Web site: Božidar Grubišić . Božidar Grubišić . hr . . 2 June 2021 . 18 September 2023 . 18 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230918204926/https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/Osmrtnice/Umrli?date=02.06.2021 .
6. Web site: Šipovac predsjednik . Šipovac elected president . hr . . 22 January 1989 . 19 September 2023 . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230919120623/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=220176 .
7. Web site: Petar Škundrić . Petar Škundrić . sr . . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://archive.today/20230825070208/https://www.istinomer.rs/akter/petar-skundric/ .
8. Web site: Vremeplov (28. decembar 2016) . Time machine (December 28, 2016) . sr . . 28 December 2016 . 26 May 2023 . 26 May 2023 . https://archive.today/20230526065546/https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/drustvo/2576501/vremeplov-28-decembar-2016.html .
9. Web site: Preminuo Miodrag Vuković . Miodrag Vuković passed away . cnr . . 15 September 2022 . 24 May 2023 . 24 May 2023 . https://archive.today/20230524065637/https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/621647/preminuo-miodrag-vukovic .