1 2 3 4 5 3 However, it is questionable if a solid subject could be created from all the parties which established SDK. These parties included Christian democrats, liberals, social democrats and greens - a mixture which was able to cooperate only because of a common enemy, the regime 6 4 Although the previous discussions about merging the parties which established SDK ended without success, 7 8 9 5 The statutes set that only those members who are at least 12 month in the party may vote in primaries. (Statutes of SDKÚ-DS) 10 11 12 13 14 9 The quota mechanism for women in SDKÚ-DS assures only that a 15 16 17 18 19 20 21