Voice – Social Democracy
Voice – Social Democracy, (Slovak: HLAS – sociálna demokracia, HLAS-SD) is a proposed political party in Slovakia. It was announced on 29 June 2020, but has not yet been registered with the Ministry of the Interior.[1]
Voice – Social Democracy Hlas–sociálna demokracia | |
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Abbreviation | HLAS-SD |
Leader | Peter Pellegrini |
Founded | 29 June 2020 (announcement)[1] |
Split from | Direction – Social Democracy |
Ideology | Social democracy[2][3][4] |
Colours | Red Blue |
National Council | 11 / 150 |
Website | |
http://strana-hlas.sk | |
The party was launched by former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini on 29 June 2020. That day, he left Direction – Social Democracy (Smer–SD) along with ten more of the party's members of the National Council. In order to be officially registered, the party must obtain 10,000 signatures by 25 December 2020. He, Matúš Šutaj Eštok, and Peter Kmec form the party's preparatory committee. Pellegrini is planned to become the party's chairman if its formation takes place.[5] For the time being, the 11 deputies are classified as non-inscrits within the National Council.[6]
Representation
Deputies of the National Council
The party currently claims 11 members of the National Council, all of whom are former members of Smer–SD. They are not legally affiliated with Hlas–SD since the party has not officially been formed, and are classified as non-inscrits.
Name | Elected for | List position |
Personal votes |
Final position | |
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Peter Pellegrini | Smer–SD | 1 | 413,555 | 1 | |
Richard Raši | Smer–SD | 4 | 154,722 | 3 | |
Denisa Saková | Smer–SD | 3 | 144,100 | 4 | |
Erik Tomáš | Smer–SD | 9 | 62,004 | 5 | |
Peter Žiga | Smer–SD | 6 | 28,386 | 9 | |
Matúš Šutaj Eštok | Smer–SD | 10 | 5,049 | 12 | |
Ľubica Laššáková | Smer–SD | 13 | 10,781 | 13 | |
Peter Kmec | Smer–SD | 16 | 1,524 | 16 | |
Róbert Puci | Smer–SD | 26 | 2,689 | 26 | |
Ján Ferenčák | Smer–SD | 28 | 2,679 | 28 | |
Ján Blcháč | Smer–SD | 38 | 3,184 | 38 | |
Source: SME |
References
- "Announcement of the Preparatory Committee of the political party with the start of collecting signatures for the registration of the political party called HLAS - Social Democracy". Ministry of the Interior. 29 June 2020.
- "Pellegrini has announced the party, it has 11 deputies so far". Denník N. 17 June 2020.
- "Pellegrini decided: he rejected Fica and left Smer". Denník N. 10 June 2020.
- "Hlas – Social Democracy". Peter Pellegrini.
- "Pellegrini's eleven exit. HLAS – Social Democracy is coming". aktuality.sk. 29 June 2020.
- "MPs: Caucuses: List: Members of Parliament which are not members of any caucus". National Council of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 7 August 2020.