Dawn – National Coalition ( Czech : Úsvit – Národní koalice ), shorts Dawn , formerly (from June 2014 to August 2015) Dawn of Direct Democracy ( Czech : Úsvit premium demokracie) gold (from June 2013 to June 2014) Tomio Okamura’s Dawn of Direct Democracy ( Czech : Úsvit premium demokracie Tomia Okamury ) is a right-wing populist [3] [4] [5] and Eurosceptic political party in the Czech Republic .
Origins
The party was founded in May 2013 by Tomio Okamura , [9] [10] an independent senator attached to the Christian Democratic parliamentary group. [ citation needed ] Tomio Okamura’s Dawn of Direct Democracy supports the implementation of direct democracy at all levels „a solution to corruption, nepotism, clientelism and kleptocracy,“ [11] the use of referenda, the direct election of deputies, senators, mayors and regional governors, a presidential system and, consequent, a stronger separation of powers . [12] [13] [14]
Founding members of Dawn of Direct Democracy included members of Public Affairs , [15] [16] to form a member of the Civic Democratic Party , [17] and a representative of Moravané . [18]
In the parliamentary election of 2013 the party obtained 342,339 votes (6.88%) and gained 14 seats. [ where? ] [ citation needed ]
Party split
On 19 January 2015, Chief Whip Radim Fiala was removed and replaced by Marek Černoch ( cs ) .
In February 2015, most of the nine members of the party and the 14 members of the Dawn parliamentary group to establish a new party, without leader Tomio Okamura. [19] [20] On 26 February 2015, Okamura announced that the party was experiencing serious financial difficulties. Since their election to the parliament, the party has been receiving millions of Czech crowns from each year. [21]
Several members of Dawn have created new parts, including Freedom and Direct Democracy , led by Okamura, and the Party of National Interests led by Petr Adam.
On July 7, 2015, Dawn announced plans to merge with the Party of the National Interests, which they did in August the same year. Retired veteran [ clarification needed ] Miroslav Lidinsky was elected as president and changed to Dawn – National Coalition. They also started working in the Czech Republic ( Czech : Islám v České republice nechceme ) led by Martin Konvička . However, this collaboration also failed soon after, and Dawn’s popularity has continued to decline. According to opinion polling , the 2017 legislative elections .
Dawn MP Martin Lank left the party in May 2017, which reduced the parliamentary group to six MPs, [22] further reduced to five on 6 June 2017 with the departure of Jana Hnyková. [23] On 7 June 2017, Marek Černoch also left Dawn. [24]
Dawn did not participate in the 2017 legislative election. In July 2017, prominent party members announced their intention to participate in local elections in 2018. [25]
Election results
Chamber of Deputies
year | Vote | Vote% | seats | Square |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 342.339 | 6.88 |
14/200
|
6th |
Senate
Election | First round | Second round | seats | ||||
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votes | % | places | votes | % | places | ||
2014 | 13.331 | 1.30 | 11th | – | – | – |
0/27
|
European Parliament
Election | votes | Share of votes in% | Seats obtained | Square |
---|---|---|---|---|
3.12 |
0/22
|
Local election
Election | Share of votes in% | Councilors |
---|---|---|
54 |
Leaders
- Tomio Okamura 2013-2015
- Marek Černoch ( cs ) 2015
- Miroslav Lidinský Since 2015
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