Juraj Šeliga

Šeliga worked with the NGO Via Juris to improve the functioning of judiciary in Slovakia.^[4] In 2017, he founded the civic initiative Remember (Slovak: Pamätaj) to oppose the weakening of the National Memory Institute and promote the study of crimes of totalitarian regime.^[3][5] Following the murder of Ján Kuciak, Šeliga was one of the main organizers of massive anti-government protests where he refused any political ambitions in the future.^[6][7]

In June 2019, Šeliga was one of the co-founders of For the People led by the president Andrej Kiska,^[8] serving as deputy chairman until March 2023.^[9] He became deputy speaker in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.^[10]

In May 2021, Šeliga resigned as Deputy Speakership after pictures of him, his fellow MP Jana Žitňanská, and the governor of the Bratislava region Juraj Droba spending time together in a restaurant that should have been deleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic were published by the tabloid press.^[11]

Šeliga faced particular criticism of his conduct because he had been a staunch defender of the anti-pandemic policies of the government.^[12]

In March 2023, Šeliga and Žitňanská left the For the People,^[13] later joining Democrats party by Eduard Heger.^[14]