Sveriges Revolutionära Socialister. The name of the party publication was changed to Solidaritets-Gnistan and became a triweekly. The Mariestad branch of the party, which had municipal representation, broke with the and formed Municipal Left. The Mariestad branch had objected to the decision by the congress to remove the ban on local organizations to receive government financing. The 5th congress elected the following central committee: Jan-Olof Norell (chairman) Inga Allard Björn Fredriksson Tomas Jonsson Tomas Junkka Göran Lundin Lars-Åke Lönn Lisa Norman Lars Ströman Pia Ryberg Sanna Vestin Göran Wicksell In the 1988 general election, the party contested the municipal elections in Sigtuna and Vallentuna. In Laxå party took part in the elections as Municipal Left (Kommunal Vänster), on the list "VPK/Kommunal Vänster" a cooperation between the party and VPK. In Katrineholm, the party contested on the list of "VPK-Kommunal Vänster", together with VPK, SP and independents. In Hammarö it contested on the list of "Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna/Kommunal Vänster". In Gällivare the party contested on the lists of United Socialists. In Vallentuna the vore-share increased from 414 to 596 (4.7%). The party got two seats, and Norell and Wicksell became municipal councillors. In Sigtuna the seat of the party was retained, and the vote-share increased from 300 to 350. The party lost its municipal representation in Gällivare. VPK/Kommunal Vänster won five seats in Laxå. In Hammarö VPK/Kommunal Vänster won three seats. VPK-Kommunal Vänster failed to win any seat in Katrineholm. Decline to obscurity Ahead of the party congress on November 4–5, 1989 the central committee had proposed that the party be disbanded. By this time the party had only a handful of functioning local units, and there was a strong trend towards dissolving the national organization and let the local units continue to function on the municipal left in cooperation with other forces. The congress did however not approve that suggestion. The congress also decided that Solidaritets-Gnistan would cease to function as an external publication. The congress elected the following central committee: Jan-Olof Norell (chairman) Inga Allard Christin Almgren Leif Franzén Björn Fredriksson Tomas Jonsson Pia Ryberg Lars Ströman Anna-Maria Valladolid Göran Wicksell Sanna Vestin In the new central committee 4 out of 11 members came from Vallentuna. The congress also decided that another congress would convene in the summer of 1990 to decide the future of the party. The last issue of Solidaritets-Gnistan was published on December 13, 1989. By 1990