Republic Right Party
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The Right of the Republic is a political party in Poland
founded by former Marshal of the Sejm, Marek Jurek
, on 20 April 2007, after he had left Law and Justice
on 16 April 2007, when the Sejm
failed to pass a constitutional amendment protecting prenatal life. It positions itself as a Christian conservative party with a strong focus on family rights and a pro-life stance. The party is currently outside the Parliament as it failed to gain the required number of votes in the parliamentary election
in 2007.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
founded by former Marshal of the Sejm, Marek Jurek
Marek Jurek
Marek Jurek is a Polish right-wing politician, who does not have a parliamentary seat. Since 20 April 2007 he has been the leader of the aspirant party Right of the Republic, which does not have any MPs....
, on 20 April 2007, after he had left Law and Justice
Law and Justice
Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....
on 16 April 2007, when the Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
failed to pass a constitutional amendment protecting prenatal life. It positions itself as a Christian conservative party with a strong focus on family rights and a pro-life stance. The party is currently outside the Parliament as it failed to gain the required number of votes in the parliamentary election
Polish parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections for both houses of parliament were held in Poland on 21 October 2007 after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September 2007. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005...
in 2007.
Political program
The Republic Right Party's program includes:- Constitutional protection of prenatal life.
- Ban of pornographyPornographyPornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
. - Tax concessions for families.
- privatizationPrivatizationPrivatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
- longer maternity leave
- reduce government spending
- Labor law liberalization.
- Holdays on Sunday and other religious festivities.
Sejm members
- Marek JurekMarek JurekMarek Jurek is a Polish right-wing politician, who does not have a parliamentary seat. Since 20 April 2007 he has been the leader of the aspirant party Right of the Republic, which does not have any MPs....
- Małgorzata Bartyzel
- Marian Piłka
- Lucyna WiśniewskaLucyna WisniewskaLucyna Wiśniewska is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10846 votes in 17 Radom district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list....
- Dariusz Kłeczek
- Artur ZawiszaArtur ZawiszaArtur Zawisza is a Polish politician. He is currently a member of the Libertas Poland party, of which he is the vice-president.He is a graduate in literature and philosophy from Catholic University of Lublin. In the 1980s he was member of the underground anti-communist Catholic Scouting...