{"id":217448,"date":"2026-09-02T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=217448"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:13:03","slug":"two-socialists-leave-sps-after-decision-on-ruzic-they-claim-the-party-has-moved-away-from-its-original-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/two-socialists-leave-sps-after-decision-on-ruzic-they-claim-the-party-has-moved-away-from-its-original-program\/","title":{"rendered":"TWO SOCIALISTS LEAVE SPS AFTER DECISION ON RU\u017dI\u0106: They claim the party has moved away from its original program!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Member of the Main Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia Dejan \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 and President of the SPS Kur\u0161umlija Municipal Board Milan Stepanovi\u0107 have left the party, local media report, stating that the two socialists said this was &#8220;their moral act because the expulsion of Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 betrayed the party&#8217;s ideology and marked the final attempt to return the SPS to its program.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In explaining their decision, as reported by the Prokupljepres.rs portal, they recalled that Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 was expelled from <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/stranka\/\">membership<\/a> in the SPS on August 31, even though he was &#8220;its most intellectually recognizable senior official and a genuine advocate of the ideology of the Socialist Party of Serbia.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is completely clear that his expulsion from <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/sps\/\">SPS<\/a> membership does not reflect the will of SPS members, much less SPS voters, who saw in his work, proposals and public appearances a chance for the SPS to return to its original principles and program. It is also completely clear that Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107&#8217;s expulsion from the SPS is solely in the interest of an alienated minority within the SPS that has become completely politically and ideologically lost, and which, through its actions and expressed party discipline \u2014 which Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 allegedly did not have \u2014 brought the SPS to the verge of the electoral threshold,&#8221; \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 and Stepanovi\u0107 emphasized in their reasons for leaving the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 cannot be forgiven for submitting his resignation when any other moral person would have felt the need to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1oTqavhGaU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/vucic-dolazi-u-novi-sad-gradjani-i-studenti-pripremaju-kontraskup-pozvani-ljudi-iz-cele-srbije-da-pokazu-da-nije-dobrodosao\/\">VU\u010cI\u0106 DOLAZI U NOVI SAD, GRA\u0110ANI I STUDENTI PRIPREMAJU KONTRASKUP: Pozvani ljudi iz cele Srbije da poka\u017eu da nije dobrodo\u0161ao!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201eVU\u010cI\u0106 DOLAZI U NOVI SAD, GRA\u0110ANI I STUDENTI PRIPREMAJU KONTRASKUP: Pozvani ljudi iz cele Srbije da poka\u017eu da nije dobrodo\u0161ao!\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/vucic-dolazi-u-novi-sad-gradjani-i-studenti-pripremaju-kontraskup-pozvani-ljudi-iz-cele-srbije-da-pokazu-da-nije-dobrodosao\/embed\/#?secret=4KJXisONbE#?secret=1oTqavhGaU\" data-secret=\"1oTqavhGaU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 cannot be forgiven for wanting a clear and promising future for the Socialist Party of Serbia, because by doing so he also wanted a future for the citizens of Serbia. For all of the above reasons, we as SPS members no longer see any reason to remain in that party. We did not become socialists because we once became members of the SPS; rather, we became members of the SPS because we are personally committed to the idea of social justice. Since the SPS no longer has any points of contact with the idea of social justice, and since by expelling Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 from membership, as the last fighter for returning the SPS to its original program, it has officially sealed the betrayal of its own ideology, our moral act is also to leave the party,&#8221; the two socialists explain why they no longer wish to be part of the SPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also stated that they had been members of the SPS for twenty years and had never belonged to any other party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/we-wont-let-them-treat-us-like-tourists-drivers-from-bih-serbia-montenegro-and-macedonia-to-protest-tomorrow-threaten-border-blockades-if-brussels-does-not-back-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWE WON\u2019T LET THEM TREAT US LIKE TOURISTS\u201d: Drivers from BiH, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to protest tomorrow, threaten border blockades if Brussels does not back down!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/with-the-money-of-citizens-who-have-no-water-cacak-spent-two-million-on-a-breskvica-concert-but-only-around-60-people-attended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WITH THE MONEY OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE NO WATER: \u010ca\u010dak spent two million on a Breskvica concert, but only around 60 people attended!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/new-blow-to-education-government-preparing-a-law-that-will-punish-everyone-teachers-could-lose-their-licenses-while-students-could-be-transferred-out-of-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW BLOW TO EDUCATION: Government preparing a law that will punish everyone \u2013 teachers could lose their licenses, while students could be transferred out of school!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-medal-serbia-had-been-waiting-seven-years-for-marko-finishes-second-at-the-world-rowing-championships-silver-shining-like-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE MEDAL SERBIA HAD BEEN WAITING SEVEN YEARS FOR: Marko finishes second at the World Rowing Championships, silver shining like gold!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/human-and-sporting-greatness-dokovic-sends-powerful-words-to-one-of-his-greatest-rivals-on-his-induction-into-the-hall-of-fame-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HUMAN AND SPORTING GREATNESS: \u0110okovi\u0107 sends powerful words to one of his greatest rivals on his induction into the Hall of Fame! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/gathered-in-honor-of-ratko-mladic-thousands-of-citizens-across-cities-in-republika-srpska-also-took-to-the-streets-last-night-to-pay-tribute-to-the-late-general-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GATHERED IN HONOR OF RATKO MLADI\u0106: Thousands of citizens across cities in Republika Srpska also took to the streets last night to pay tribute to the late general! (PHOTO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Source<\/strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nova.rs\/vesti\/politika\/dvojica-lokalnih-funkcionera-sps-iz-kursumlije-napustili-stranku-zbog-iskljucenja-branka-ruzica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nova <\/a>; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: ATA Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of the Main Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia Dejan \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 and President of the SPS Kur\u0161umlija Municipal Board Milan Stepanovi\u0107 have left the party, local media report, stating that the two socialists said this was &#8220;their moral act because the expulsion of Branko Ru\u017ei\u0107 betrayed the party&#8217;s ideology and marked the final 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