[2] The following year, he introduced a motion in the Novi Pazar municipal assembly that led to the dismissal of mayor Mirsad Đerlek and his replacement by Ljajić ally Meho Mahmutović.
[3] He was also the chair of the SDP's Novi Pazar committee in this time, and in this capacity he rejected calls by the rival Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak for a coalition government.
[5] The SDP won each election and has remained the dominant force in the municipal government throughout this time,[6] In February 2016, while serving as leader of the Sandžak Democratic Party group in the assembly, Bačevac spearheaded the passage of a motion condemning the political rehabilitation of fascist and quisling figures from World War II.
Bačevac specifically condemned the rehabilitation of Draža Mihailović and Milan Nedić as an instance of historical revisionism and highlighted the anti-fascist legacy of the Bosniak people.
[7] In early 2020, Bačevac indicated that the SDP and Muamer Zukorlić's Justice and Reconciliation Party had begun working toward co-operation in the previous year following an earlier period of enmity.