Test to protest

The party leader decided, he would only recruit the creme de la creme of his supporters. To that end, all Self-Defense parliamentary election candidates have to pass a special test checking their knowledge of the party's program, as well the past achievements of the leader. According to Lepper, "those who manage to get a good test result, will become experts in all walks of life." With party icons Renata Beger and Danuta Hojarska managing to scrape through their matura certificates last year, Self-Defense may soon be trying to win the hearts of Poland's intelligentsia.