Comrade Aleksandar Đenić, the Executive Secretary of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ), made great results in the local elections on June 2. He was elected as the first-placed candidate on the list of the Russian Party – Struggle for Zemun – Serbs and Russians brothers forever (Ruska stranka – Borba za Zemun – Srbi i Rusi braća zauvek), which received 1,078 votes (1.39%) and secured one mandate in the Assembly of the Municipality of Zemun.
Zemun, the third largest municipality in Belgrade with a population of 200,000, played a pivotal role in the historic success of the NKPJ. For the first time, the Party will have a member in the local parliament of the City of Belgrade and the first in Serbia since 1996. Comrade Đenić’s election also marks the return of a Communist member to the parliament in Zemun after a 34-year break since the end of the Socialist Republic of Serbia.
Comrade Đenić, as a representative of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, will protect the interests of the working people and the youth of Zemun. His agenda includes preserving the municipality’s tradition and green areas and advocating for cordial relations with brotherly Russia and socialist and progressive countries like China, Cuba, Venezuela, Palestina, Syria and their people. Several other members of the Party, as well as the activist initiative Borba za Zemun, also appeared on the list of the Russian Party, further strengthening the Party’s representation in the Assembly.
Comrade Đenić, as a representative of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was also a candidate for the Belgrade City Assembly on the list of the Russian Party, which placed fifth in terms of the number of votes received and won one mandate, for which the communists who voted for it.
NKPJ participated in these local elections for the Assembly of the City of Belgrade and the Municipality of Zemun. On both lists, they appeared on the list of the Russian Party because they share positions with that political organization on numerous issues.
The Russian Party and NKPJ oppose Serbia’s accession to imperialist alliances such as NATO and the European Union. On the other hand, they favor strengthening comprehensive cooperation with fraternal Russia and the BRICS countries.
Both NKPJ as well as the Russian Party believe that Kosovo and Metohija are an integral and inalienable part of Serbia and categorically oppose the introduction of sanctions against Moscow due to the special military operation in Ukraine. Also, both organizations inherit and commemorate the anti-fascist traditions of our country and people from the Second World War.
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia thanked the working class, the rural proletariat, students, pensioners, youth, the unemployed, Yugoslavs, and the honest intelligentsia for voting for the Russian Party in the elections for the Assembly of the Municipality of Zemun and the Assembly of the City of Belgrade, on whose lists the communists also performed.
Secretariat of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia,
Belgrade,
June 9, 2024
