Ordinary People (Slovakia)

Ordinary People (Slovak: Obyčajní Ľudia), full name Ordinary People and Independent Personalities[9] (Slovak: Obyčajní Ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti, OĽaNO), is a Slovak centre-right populist,[4] conservative[10] political party in Slovakia. It presents itself as a movement in which independent personalities and experts have a space. It was established on 11 November 2011 by registration with the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic. In 2020, with a result 25.02%, movment won the parliamentary elections in Slovakia. The chairman of the movement has been a former businessman since its inception, currently the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Igor Matovič.

Ordinary People and
Independent Personalities

Obyčajní Ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti
LeaderIgor Matovič
Founded28 October 2011
Split fromFreedom and Solidarity
HeadquartersBratislava
IdeologyConservatism[1][2]
Social conservatism[3]
Populism[4][5]
Christian democracy[6]
Direct democracy[7]
Political positionCentre-right[8]
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Colours     Grey      Green
National Council
53 / 150
European Parliament
1 / 14
Self-governing regions
2 / 8
Local councils
304 / 20,646
Website
obycajniludia.sk

History

The four Ordinary People MPs were Igor Matovič, Erika Jurinová, Martin Fecko, Jozef Viskupič.[11] OĽaNO sat in the National Council with the SaS and signed an agreement with the SaS that its members could not cross the floor to another group. In June and July 2010,[11] it was rumoured that OĽaNO would refuse to back the programme of the new centre-right coalition,[12] which included Freedom and Solidarity, and whose majority depended on Ordinary People.[13]

In August 2010, Matovič said that it was not the right time to become an independent party.[13] However, on 28 October 2011, Ordinary People filed a formal party registration, while Matovič announced that the party would compete in 2012 parliamentary election as a separate electoral list, of independents and representatives of the Civic Conservative Party and the Conservative Democrats.[1] In the 2012 election, the party came in third place overall, winning 8.55% of the vote and 16 seats.[14]

In the 2014 European elections, OĽaNO came in fourth place nationally, receiving 7.46% of the vote and electing 1 MEP.[15]

In the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Ordinary People ran in alliance with New Majority. They received 11.03% votes in Slovakia and consequently 19 MPs in the Slovak Parliament, 17 of whom came from Ordinary People.

In 2014–2019, the party was member of European Parliament group of European Conservatives and Reformists and in 2019 switched to the European People's Party group.

At the February 2020 parliamentary election, the Party received 25.0% of the vote, winning a 53 of 150 seats in the National Council. Party leader Igor Matovič was appointed as the Prime Minister designate.

Political positions

In 2019, Ordinary People suggested toughening restrictions on abortions. The proposal included a fee charge for abortion for women over 40 years of age. The proposal also featured written guidance to be given by the doctor to the woman before the procedure. This guidance included a detailed description of the medical procedure and the feelings that women can expect after the procedure.[16]

During the election campaign in 2019, the party's leader Igor Matovič promised that Ordinary People would not enter a government which would approve registered partnerships for same sex couples.[17] OĽaNO also rejects migrant relocation quotas, proposed by the European Commission.[18]

Election results

National Council
Year Leader Vote % MPs ± Place Govt.
2012 Igor Matovič 218,537 8.55
16 / 150
 16 3rd No
2016 Igor Matovič 287,611 11.03
19 / 150
 3 3rd No
2020 Igor Matovič 721,166 25,02
53 / 150
 34 1st Yes

European Parliament
Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats Change Place
2014[19] Jozef Viskupič 41,829 7.46
1 / 13
 1 4th
2019 Michal Šipoš 51,834 5.25
1 / 14
 0 6th

Footnotes
  1. Kft., Webra International (28 October 2011). "The Visegrad Group: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - Ordinary People files request to be registered as political party in Slovakia". www.visegradgroup.eu.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Slovakia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. Tomek, Radoslav; Dudik, Andrea (28 February 2020). "Contract Killing Looms Over Slovakia's Election". Bloomberg News.
  4. Birte Wassenberg (2019). "Euroscepticism at the EP elections in 2014: A reflection of the different patterns of opposition to the EU?". In Olivier Costa (ed.). The European Parliament in Times of EU Crisis: Dynamics and Transformations. Springer. p. 287. ISBN 978-3-319-97391-3.
  5. Křtínová, Andrea (2009), Politická strana OĽANO jako příklad populistické strany (PDF) (in Czech), Brno: Masaryk University, retrieved 10 December 2019
  6. Istrate, Dominik (28 February 2020). "A divided Slovakia heads for the polls". Emerging Europe.
  7. Gdovinová, Denisa (2020). "OĽaNO už má program: 11 otázok je len začiatok, chcú viac priamej demokracie". www.dennikn.sk (in Slovak).
  8. Freedom House (24 December 2013). Nations in Transit 2013: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-4422-3119-1.
  9. "Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party releases its election slate", The Slovak Spectator, 15 December 2011, retrieved 31 January 2012
  10. Tom Lansford (15 April 2013). Political Handbook of the World 2013. SAGE Publications. p. 1292. ISBN 978-1-4522-5825-6.
  11. Vilikovská, Zuzana (15 June 2010). "SaS chairman speaks about its new MPs from the Ordinary People civic association". The Slovak Spectator.
  12. Vilikovská, Zuzana (5 August 2010). "'Ordinary Man' MP Matovič accuses Fico of lying". The Slovak Spectator.
  13. Vilikovská, Zuzana (3 August 2010). "SaS: Ordinary People faction will give up their parliamentary seats if they leave SaS caucus". The Slovak Spectator.
  14. Slovakia turns left, The Economist (11 March 2012)
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. Návrhu OĽANO na sprísnenie potratov chýbal jediný hlas, podporil ho Beblavý či Bláhová, zdržali sa Petrík i Poliačik (in Slovak), Ženy v meste (26 September 2019)
  17. OĽaNO nepôjde do vlády, ktorá by schválila registrované partnerstvá (in Slovak), teraz.sk (15 September 2019)
  18. "Slovenské volby vyhrálo opoziční hnutí, dominance Směru skončila". ČeskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  19. "Elections to the European Parliament 2014". Voľby SR. Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 7 March 2016.


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