A Choice
Dobrná voľba (English: Good Choice) was a centrist political party in Slovakia founded on 12 September 2019 by Tomáš Drucker, a former minister of health (2016) and interior (2018) who resigned from Robert Fico's Smer-SD government citing inability to implement independent police reforms amid corruption scandals.[1][2] The party advocated pragmatic, solution-oriented policies in healthcare, education, and economic management, positioning itself as an alternative to established parties tainted by governance failures and emphasizing trust-building through effective leadership. In the 2020 parliamentary elections, Dobrná voľba ran independently under Drucker's leadership, securing 3.1% of the national vote but failing to surpass the 5% threshold for National Council seats, reflecting limited voter appeal amid fragmented opposition dynamics.[3] Lacking parliamentary representation and facing internal leadership transitions—including Drucker's decision to step down as chairman in December 2022 to focus on healthcare reform studies—the party merged into the social-democratic Hlas–SD in April 2023, effectively dissolving its independent structure in exchange for candidate placements.[4][5] This trajectory underscores the challenges for new centrist initiatives in Slovakia's polarized political landscape, where empirical voter preferences favored consolidated alliances over nascent reformist ventures.