Patriotic Self-Defence
Patriotic Self-Defence (Polish: Samoobrona Patriotyczna, SP) was a minor political party in Poland. The party was founded in September 2006 by former members of the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP), who left the party following an argument with the leader of Self-Defence Andrzej Lepper. The party ran in the 2007 Polish parliamentary election, where it tried to take votes from their former party by using a similar name, logo and political program. Ultimately, the party's electoral lists were only accepted in one electoral district. The party won 0.02% of the nationwide vote. It disbanded in 2013.
Patriotic Self-Defence Samoobrona Patriotyczna | |
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| Abbreviation | SP |
| Leader | Marian Frądczyk |
| Founded | 21 September 2006 |
| Registered | 10 July 2007 |
| Dissolved | 9 January 2013 |
| Split from | SRP |
| Headquarters | ul. Lubelska 61, 26-920 Gniewoszów |
| Membership (2006) | 20 |
| Ideology | National agrarianism Social Catholicism Socialist populism Anti-capitalism |
| Political position | Right-wing[A] |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Colours | Yellow Red Blue |
| Sejm | 0 / 460
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| Senate | 0 / 100
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| European Parliament | 0 / 51
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| Regional assemblies | 0 / 552
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| City presidents | 0 / 117
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^ A: The party was regarded to be a right-wing breakaway from SRP, but it had also been described as left-wing populist. | |
The party consisted of about 20 Self-Defence members, who left the party after it consolidated itself into a far-left party. The name of the party referred to the fact that the SRP completely abandoned nationalism by 2007. The ideology of Patriotic Self-Defence became a mixture of nationalist, Catholic and social policies and tried to play into the main political values of Self-Defence such as agrarianism, populism and socialism. Because Self-Defence had a broad voter coalition including the army, ultra-nationalists, socialists and farmers, Patriotic Self-Defence wanted to win over voters dismayed by SRP affirming itself as a radically left-wing party.