The Way of Courage
Drąsos kelias ( German: path of courage, just DK ) is a populist party in Lithuania.
History
While the criminal case of "child protectors " Drąsius Kedys (1972-2010), who had, according to findings of the police in his home town shot two people, was the social movement for the fight against pedophilia. The core formed the members of Kedys ( his parents, sister Neringa Venckienė and her husband ) and his followers. In August 2011, a declaration for the fight against oligarchy and Justice was announced and it was planned to establish a political party. In January 2012 there was the inaugural meeting in March 2012, the party was officially registered. In the parliamentary elections in Lithuania in 2012, the party secured 7 seats.
Members of the Seimas (2012-2016)
- Neringa Venckienė ( b. 1971 ), lawyer
- Jonas Varkala ( born 1951 ), Catholic priest
- Aurelija Stancikiene (born 1966 ), environmentalist
- Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas (* 1943), politician
- Vytautas Antanas Matulevičius (* 1952), journalist
- Prof. Povilas Gylys ( b. 1948 ), economist
- Valdas Vasiliauskas (* 1951), journalist