Party for Life Security

Party for Life Security Strana za životní jistoty
Leader	Josef Koníček Eduard Kremlička Marcela Kozerová
Founded	22 December 1989
Dissolved	6 December 2005
Merged into	Independent Democrats
Headquarters	Prague
Ideology	Pensioners' interests Social justice Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Green
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Party for Life Security (Czech: Strana za životní jistoty, SŽJ) was a Czech political party that focused on Pensioner's issues.^[1] It became widely known during 1998 Czech legislative election when it was expected to gain seats in Parliament.^[2]

SŽJ was established on 22 December 1989 as Pensioner's Movement for Life Security (Czech: Hnutí důchodců za životní jistoty, HDŽJ). Josef Koníček became the first leader of the Party. HDŽJ transformed into a political party in 1994 and changed its name to Pensioners for Life Security (Czech: Důchodci za životní jistoty,DŽJ). SŽJ participated in the 1996 legislative election in coalition with Czech Union of Women.^[3] Eduard Kremlička became the leader of SŽJ after the election.

SŽJ started to rise in polls ahead of the 1998 legislative election and was expected to gain over 10% of the popular vote. Social Democrat leader Miloš Zeman started coalition talks with SŽJ and KSČM. Party leader Kremlička made a bet with a reporter that he would eat a bug if SŽJ failed to get over the 5% threshold, but SŽJ received only 3% and Kremlička had to eat a bug, which resulted in his expulsion from the party because other members of SŽJ concluded that he dishonored all pensioners.^[4][5][6] SŽJ changed its name to Party for Life Security (Czech: Strana za životní jistoty, SŽJ). It merged with Independent Democrats in 2006.^[7][8]