Ordinary People abbreviated to OL, is a conservative

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

 political party in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. It ran four candidates on the list of the classical liberal

Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets....

 Freedom and Solidarity

Freedom and Solidarity

Freedom and Solidarity , abbreviated to SaS, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Slovakia. The party was established in 2009 and is led by its founder, the economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system...

 (SaS) in the 2010 election

Slovak parliamentary election, 2010

A parliamentary election took place in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament...

 to the National Council

National Council of the Slovak Republic

The National Council of the Slovak Republic , abbreviated to NR SR, is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral, and consists of 150 MPs, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation every four years....

, and all four were elected. It is led by Igor Matovič

Igor Matovič

Igor Matovič is a Slovak politician and member of the National Council. He is a member of the Ordinary People faction, having first won election at the 2010 election on the Freedom and Solidarity list. He sat in the SaS caucus until February 2011, when he supported the opposition Smer's...

, one of the four MPs.

OL sits in the National Council with the SaS, and has signed an agreement with the SaS that its members cannot cross the floor

Crossing the floor

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 to another group. In June and July 2010, it was rumoured that OL would refuse to back the programme of the new centre-right coalition, which includes Freedom and Solidarity, and whose majority depends on Ordinary People. Matovič has denied that the group is attempting to become an independent party.

The four Ordinary People MPs are:

• Igor Matovič
  Igor Matovič
  Igor Matovič is a Slovak politician and member of the National Council. He is a member of the Ordinary People faction, having first won election at the 2010 election on the Freedom and Solidarity list. He sat in the SaS caucus until February 2011, when he supported the opposition Smer's...
  
  
• Erika Jurinová
• Martin Fecko
• Jozef Viskupič