Union of Communists of Slovakia
political party in Slovakia
The Union of Communists of Slovakia (Slovak: Zväz komunistov Slovenska, ZKS) was a communist party in Slovakia (Czech and Slovak Federative Republic) in 1991–1992. Juraj Janošovský was the party chairman.
Formation of the party
ZKS emerged from the Communist Refoundation Platform of KSS (Platforma komunistickej obnovy KSS, PKO), a faction formed inside the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) in 1990. In March 1991 PKO formed ZKS as a new party. ZKS was registered with the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava on March 19, 1991.
Political line
The formation of the party was announced at a press conference held in Bratislava on April 17, 1991. The chairman of the preparatory committee of the party was Pavel Koyš, former Minister of Culture. ZKS did not position itself as a successor party of the erstwhile Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS), and rejected what it labelled as 'Stalinist and neo-Stalinist' practices of the earlier communist government. ZKS pledged to apply Marxism-Leninism creatively, rejecting the notion of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and the role of the vanguard party. The party favoured an equal federation between the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
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