Constituent Congress or Congress of Separation 90 Years Since the Constituent Congress of IWORO “Vartop”

The Constituent Congress of IWORO “Vartop“ [Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organization “Whirlpool“] of 1928 was not so much a delayed “constitutionalization“ as an unsuccessful attempt to achieve unity through compromise and reconcile the conflict between the “radical“ and “moderate“ moods that had existed ever since the very establishment of the organization and had deepened after the Seventh Congress of IMARO (1928), the Serbian repressions in the Western Outlands, and under pressure from other factors (external for the organization) and political influence.  

In 1929, a radical wing led by Ivan Gyoshev was formed in “Vartop“, conducting its activity in close relation with IMRO (Iv. Mihaylov). Ever since 1931 the split lead to the emergence of two rival and even conflicting organizations under the name IWORO “Vartop“, each of which had its own governing body and printed editions, but held different views regarding their main tasks.