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political party that formed on 3 September 2017. The original name was "Dream of People" () as a civic group, but it was changed to its current name by July 2017. The party was planning to combine with the

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, also a left-wing party. Both parties were created by former members of the

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, which dissolved in 2014. The party gained 2 seats out of 300 in the

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, both of them from

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. On 15 October 2017, the combination was done and rebuilt as

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