"This is our response to the present developments in the country," Novak commented for the STA on the "responsible politics" segment of the congress, saying the party wanted to stress in a period "when all is directed against politics that some politicians wish to work responsibly and do so".

Novak, who became the NSi's president in 2008, when the party failed to make it to parliament, noted that she had taken over in the most difficult period to take the party back to parliament and the ruling coalition in 2011.

According to Novak, the party, which swears by Christian values and has four MPs in the 90-member parliament, has stable support in the public. She added that this did not change after the last election, when the NSi fared best in Vipava.

Around 400 delegates will be voting on Novak and on members of the executive, supervisory and arbitration boards.

Some 100 guest, among them acclaimed entrepreneurs and scholars, are also expected to attend and contribute to the debate on the situation in the country.