Polish Confederation – Dignity and Work

The main focus of PKGiP was the unemployed, the elderly, the pensioners as well as veterans, and the party formed alliances with organizations representing such groups.

[5] He then joined the National Movement for the Defense of the Unemployed (Polish: Ogólnopolski Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych), and ran on its list in the 2004 European Parliament election in Poland.

[6] For the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2005, Słomka founded his new own party on 4 June 2005 - Polish Confederation – Dignity and Work, which was to represent the interests of the disadvantaged people at large.

He boasted his experience and pure credentials, stating that he had been in the Confederation of Independent Poland for 26 years and has never been a part of a ruling government, and that he was not at the Round Table Agreement either.

Słomka introduced his party as a "patriotic leftist" movement that aspired to become "an heir to the political thought of Józef Piłsudski".

[5] Słomka himself stated before the results that he was not running to win, but to present his "left-wing patriotic" vision to the country and to provide a leftist alternative to voters.

[4] On 14 July 2006, Słomka was arrested under suspicion of “directing an organized criminal group whose goal was to commit crimes against elections.” The Polish Confederation – Dignity and Work were accused of forging voters' signatures, and of providing food benefits to voters with donations sfrom the European Union.

[6] Economically, the party focused on proposals centered around reducing unemployment and aiding the poorest groups of the Polish society.

The Polish Confederation – Dignity and Work frequently attacked its left-wing opponents, which it identified as Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland and Democratic Left Alliance; Słomka accused both parties of manipulating voters and failing to live up to their own standards.

[9] Despite its left-wing nationalist orientation, the party was optimistic about globalization, arguing that it could improve living standards and foster community ties if technologically advances are state-controlled and directed.

"[10] The program of the party focused on the rights and wellbeing of the unemployed, veterans, the elderly and pensioners, describing these groups as particularly disadvantaged and in need of an extensive safety net that could provide for them.

[6] The party also campaigned on other matters - it declared itself for abolishing conscription in favor of a scrictly voluntary and professional military force, and it called for withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq.