Initiative of the Republic of Poland

Not to be confused with Polish Initiative or Initiative for Poland.
Initiative of the Republic of Poland
Inicjatywa Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej
LeaderZbigniew Łuczak
Founded28 May 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-28)[1]
Registered7 September 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-07)[2]
Dissolved11 October 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-11)[3]
Split fromSelf Defence RP
Headquartersul. Meisnera 8 m. 20,
03-982 Warsaw[2]
Membership (2004)1000[4]
IdeologySocialism[5]
Decentralization[6]
Agrarianism[7][8]
Political positionCentre-left[1]

The Initiative of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Inicjatywa Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej), often shortened to Initiative RP (Polish: Inicjatywa RP) and IRP, was a short-lived centre-left agrarian and socialist Polish political party. It was founded on 28 May 2004 in Łódź by former activists of Samoobrona RP, mainly from the Łódzkie and Mazowieckie Voivodeships. It existed until 2010.[3]

The party was one of many minor parties that seceded from Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland throughout the 2000s. However, Initiative RP maintained the party program of Self-Defence and wanted to uphold it. Formed by a few working-class local councillors, the party was concerned about Self-Defence's inability to carry out its postulates but had friendly relations with its mother party.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "PKW zarejestrowała komitet wyborczy partii Inicjatywa RP". wp.pl (in Polish). 11 July 2005.
  2. ^ a b "Sprawozdanie" (PDF). pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  3. ^ a b "Komunikat Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dnia 20 grudnia 2011 r. o przyjętych i odrzuconych sprawozdaniach partii politycznych o źródłach pozyskania środków finansowych w 2010 r." pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). 20 December 2010.
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  5. ^ "Tygodnik Samoobrona". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Łódź. 18 July 2002. Socjalizm i nie kapitalizm - powiedział w czwartek szef łódzkiej Samoobrony Zbigniew Łuczak. [Socialism and not capitalism, said Zbigniew Łuczak, the head of Samoobrona in Łódź, on Thursday.]
  6. ^ Polko, Paulina (2022). Bezpieczeństwo w dyskursie politycznym RP (1989-2020). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA. p. 371. doi:10.53271/2022.064 (inactive 2024-11-12). ISBN 978-83-01-22260-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  7. ^ "Łódzka Samoobrona rozwodzi się z SLD". wp.pl (in Polish). 12 March 2003.
  8. ^ "Pan Łuczak jest chory". naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). 20 February 2003.