the party was founded by 11 movement for a democratic slovakia party mps: miroslav abelovský, jozef brhel, jozef elsner, ján gabriel, ján mikolaj, ivan kiňo, gustáv krajči, igor pinkava, ladislav polka, vojtech tkáč, rudolf žiak and numerous prominent ex-hzds members like peter chudík, peter tomeček and oľga keltošová.