First Self-Governance League

First Self-Governance League (Polish: Liga Samorządowa Pierwsza, LSP) is a minor local Polish party active in the Pszczyna County of Upper Silesia. The party was registered in February 2018, and formally convened on 1 October 2018 in preparation for the 2018 Polish local elections. The party fielded candidates for city and county councils in Pszczyna jointly with the Polish Socialist Party in 2018. The party managed to win 5 seats for gmina councils in the election - one seat for the Gmina Goczałkowice-Zdrój council, three seats for Gmina Pszczyna, and one seat for the council of Gmina Pawłowice. The leader of the party, Ryszard Ziobro, won 3.48% of the popular vote and did not win a council seat.

First Self-Governance League
Liga Samorządowa Pierwsza
AbbreviationLSP
LeaderRyszard Ziobro
Founded27 February 2018
HeadquartersGrzebłowiec 34, 43-200 Pszczyna
Membership (2018)60
IdeologyDecentralisation
Silesian localism
Silesian regionalism
Environmentalism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationPolish Socialist Party
Colours  Green
Slogan"Independent self-government"
(Polish: "Niezależny samorząd")
Sejm
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional assemblies
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City presidents
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Website
ligasamorzadowapierwsza.pl

The party presented three mottos that are to define its ideology - Pszczyna County - an active and self-governing part of Silesia, Silesia - regional, aware of its national and cultural identity and Poland - regional, not centralised. The main focus of the party is to strengthen the local identity and the independence of the local governments, arguing that because a central government is unfamiliar with the needs of local residents, local authorities should be given more power, and their competences, while territorially limited, should outweight those of the central government. The party also advocates for Silesian regionalism, and wants to cultivate Silesian culture and identity separate of the Polish one.

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