Bielan announced the formation of the new grouping at a congress in Warsaw on Sunday that was attended by Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Law and Justice party, the senior partner in a conservative coalition which has governed Poland since late 2015.
Bielan said: "We are establishing the Republican Party to represent citizens for whom the idea of freedom is important. The idea of individual freedom, national freedom, as well as socially-sensitive economic freedom."
Poland’s ruling coalition has recently been strained by tensions between the three parties in government.
(pk/gs)
Source: PAP/IAR