On 2 November 2018
Marek Jakubiak, poseł for the 8th Sejm, declared he will exit the
Kukiz’15 parliamentary group, and his desire to found a federative right-wing organization. 13 days later he announced the creation of the Federation for the Republic. Despite initially trying to form a coalition with the
Right Wing of the Republic, on 6 March, the party joined the
Confederation, which was then created for the
2019 European Parliament election. 16 days later, Jakubiak cofounded the Confederation parliamentary circle. The Federation of the Republic hosted Marek Jakubiak as its candidate for the
2020 presidential election, with Marek Jakubiak gaining 33,652 votes (0.17%). In the second round, it endorsed incumbent
President Andrzej Duda. In May 2023, Jakubiak returned to Kukiz'15 as its general secretary. In the
2023 parliamentary election, Marek Jakubiak was elected to the Sejm as a member Kukiz'15 from the lists of
Law and Justice. In the
2025 presidential election, Marek Jakubiak again ran for President, improving his result, and earning 150,698 votes (0.77%). In the second round, he endorsed Karol Nawrocki. On 27 October 2025, the party's national congress decided to adopt the name Free Republicans, identical to that of the
Free Republicans parliamentary group, whose leadership was transferred from Jakubiak to
Jarosław Sachajko. The renaming of the party caused other members of the Free Republicans parliamentary group to accuse Jakubiak of trying to control the entire formation. Jakubiak was removed from the group, which renamed itself to Direct Democracy, on 27 January. == Ideology ==