'Humanity and Prosperity' Party Emerging, Backed by Zala and Micev

Bratislava, 19 September (TASR) - A new party called 'Humanity and Prosperity' is emerging on the Slovak political arena, backed by Boris Zala, Daniel Rabina and Stanislav Micev, who held a news conference earlier this week to announce that they were launching the collection of signatures required for its registration. The backers said that they want to offer Slovak citizens a new vision that will reverse the current unfavourable trends regarding living standards, the deteriorating business environment and Slovakia's position in the European Union. "Slovakia, and its politics in particular, is thoroughly permeated by various forms of slander, mudslinging and hatred. There's a need to put an end to this, or at least attempt to do so. November 1989 brought us freedom, hardly anyone doubts that, but the question facing us is: what do we fill that freedom with?" said Zala. Zala stated that the Humanity and Prosperity party doesn't have any specific political orientation, deciding to focus on discussing concrete values instead. The aim is to humanise Slovak society as a whole across all humanitarian issues, ranging from social matters to state administration. Zala specified that the party intends to compete with all political parties and offer voters a vision for the future, welcoming support from voters across the entire political spectrum. "We'll do our utmost to ensure that Igor Matovic and Robert Fico end up in the opposition," added Zala. The emerging party is built upon three pillars. For it, humanity means health care, education and social-care systems that focus on the needs of individuals, patients, students or the socially disadvantaged, rather than on statistics. It views prosperity as an excellent state that acts as a partner to its citizens, along with economic interventions that benefit both entrepreneurs and employees. Prosperity requires an economy based on knowledge rather than personal connections, and "Slovak identity" signifies sovereignty rooted in progressive national traditions and anchored in the European Union, as well as fairness among Slovakia's regions. ko/df/jrg