According to Radnički list, Ljubomir Čolić, president of the Local Party Organization in Kumane, was elected as a delegate to the Second Congress of the Party, held from June 20 to 25, 1920, in Vukovar. In June, a local party conference was held at which seven delegates were elected for the Second Party and Trade Union Congress.
Given that the election of delegates was carried out based on a provisional party statute—according to which local organizations elected one delegate per 100 party members—Kumane, with 312 organized members, elected three delegates: Ljubomir Čolić, Racko Čolić, and Maksa Mirilov.
Organizations also elected delegates for the trade union congress, with one delegate per 500 members. According to statements from locals in Kumane, the Agricultural Workers’ Union had between 800 and 1,000 members, making it very likely that they elected two delegates: Boško Torđanski and Kariton Mučalov.
Milivoj Mečkić and Boško Mečkić were chosen as observers, but they also attended the Congress as official delegates, indicating that party membership likely increased before the Congress. This conclusion is supported by a report from the Executive Committee of the Socialist Workers' Party of Yugoslavia (Communist) in Vojvodina, submitted at the Second Congress in Vukovar, which noted that the Kumane organization had 312 members. However, a note stated that the actual number may have been higher, as the report had been sent two months earlier.
The Second Party Congress adopted the Party's program and statute and defined its immediate objectives.
It is well known that the Congress included a confrontation with opponents of the revolutionary orientation of the workers' movement—namely, the centrists. The delegates from Kumane maintained a positive stance, contributing to the victory of the communist wing, from which the new Central Party Council was elected. The delegate from Kumane, Ljubomir Čolić, was elected to the Central Party Leadership's Control Commission.
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