Free Republicans
{{Short description|Right-wing parliamentary group in Poland}}
Free Republicans ({{langx|pl|Wolni Republikanie}}; WR, Republikanie) is a right-wing parliamentary group in the Sejm of Poland, founded on {{date|2024-10-18|DMY}} by Kukiz’15 members.
History
In the Kukiz'15 circle, which became the Free Republicans, sat Kukiz'15 deputies: Paweł Kukiz (leader), and also Marek Jakubiak and {{ill|Jarosław Sachajko|pl}}; since {{date|2024-07-24|DMY}} Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, who left Law and Justice to found Freedom and Prosperity on {{date|2024-09-19|DMY}},{{Citation |title=Wolność i Dobrobyt |work=bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl |url=https://bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl/rejestr-partii/0/495/wolnosc-i-dobrobyt-postanowienie-nieprawomocne}} was also a party member. The party name alludes to the United States Republican Party.{{Citation |last=Wiktor Ferfecki |title=Nowa formacja Jana Krzysztofa Ardanowskiego, Marka Jakubiaka i Pawła Kukiza. Chcą być jak republikanie w USA |date=24 September 2024 |work=rp.pl |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41180771-nowa-formacja-jana-krzysztofa-ardanowskiego-marka-jakubiaka-i-pawla-kukiza-chca-byc-jak-republikanie-w-usa}} On {{date|2024-09-25|DMY}}, a press conference was held in the Sejm, where Witold Gadowski and Wojciech Sumliński from There is One Poland, {{ill|Marcin Dybowski|pl|Marcin Dybowski|lt=Marcin Dybowski|qid=Q130751096}} from Freedom and Prosperity, and representatives from Rural Solidarity, "Samoobrona" agricultural trade union and the All-Polish Grassroots Farmers' Protest appeared alongside Kukiz'15 members.{{Citation |title=Integrowanie polskiej centroprawicy postępuje |date=5 October 2024 |url=https://pressmania.pl/integrowanie-polskiej-centroprawicy-postepuje/}}{{Citation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiDPRvFJciQ |title=Czas zintegrować prawicę! Trzeba odbić naszą ojczyznę ze złych rąk |date={{date|2024-09-25|DMY}} |last=Jakubiak |first=Marek |author-link=Marek Jakubiak |type=Video |language=pl |trans-title=It is time to integrate the right! It is necessary to take back our homeland from evil hands |access-date={{date|2025-01-06|DMY}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926002514/http://wayback-fakeurl.archive.org/yt/AiDPRvFJciQ |archive-date={{date|2024-09-26|DMY}} |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} On {{date|2024-10-16|DMY}} the Kukiz'15 circle transformed into the Free Republicans circle,{{Citation |title=Paweł Kukiz zaskoczył na antenie. Założył nowe koło poselskie |date=16 October 2024 |work=polsatnews.pl |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2024-10-16/pawel-kukiz-zalozyl-nowe-kolo-poselskie-znamy-nazwe/}} and its leader became Marek Jakubiak.{{Citation |title=Koło poselskie Wolni Republikanie |work=sejm.gov.pl |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm10.nsf/klubposlowie.xsp?klub=Republikanie}} Twelve days later it announced it will contest the 2025 Polish presidential election.{{Citation |title=Marek Jakubiak startuje w wyborach |date=28 October 2024 |work=tvrepublika.pl |url=https://tvrepublika.pl/Polityka/Marek-Jakubiak-startuje-w-wyborach/173737}}
Deputies
- Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski (Freedom and Prosperity)
- Marek Jakubiak (Kukiz'15, {{ill|Federation for the Republic|pl|Federacja dla Rzeczypospolitej}}) – leader
- Paweł Kukiz (independent representative from Kukiz'15)
- {{ill|Jarosław Sachajko|pl}} (Kukiz'15)
All deputies were elected from the Law and Justice electoral lists.