[5] The party has its origins in Centre Agreement, a moderate Christian-democratic party founded in May 1990, which participated in the 1991 Polish parliamentary election as part of the Centre Civic Alliance, a coalition supported by President Lech Wałęsa.

Waldemar Pawlak became the new Prime Minister of Poland, coming from post-communist Polish People's Party.

As the party started preparing itself for the 1993 Polish parliamentary election, a faction of the party led by Andrzej Anusz proposed an electoral agreement with the Centre Agreement, considering it a pragmatic option that is necessary in order for the RdR to cross the electoral threshold and keep its seats in the Sejm.

[4] However, Olszewski strongly opposed this proposal, and the subsequent conflict led Anusz and his faction to leave Movement for the Republic.

However, the party failed to cross the 5% electoral threshold as it earned 4.42% of the popular vote in the 1993 elections.

It particularly condemned the "leftist-post-communist milieu" for its harsh anti-clerical rhetoric, although it made a reference to the existence of few left-wing groupings that were friendly towards the Church.

[7] In administrative matters, the party stated its strong preference for a parliamentary republic over a presidential republic, stating that the Prime Minister should have the power to manage all government ministries, with no presidential interference.

The party also argued that Polish economy should be based on small businesses, which should be given special state support in forms of lenient credits and subsidies.