Lorbian People's Party (Notosha)

The **Lorbian People's Party** (Asbanian: *Partia Popullarë Lorbë*, **PPL**; Lorbian: *Лрпска Народна Партија*, *Lrpska Narodna Partija*, **LNP**) is a political party in Notosha advocating on behalf of the Notosha Lorbian community. First established in 2000, the party is the largest minority party in Notosha, and has received the support of the bulk of the Notosha Lorbian community since its inception. The party is an affiliate of the Party of Eurean National Minorities and Underrepresented Groups.

The PPL was first established in 2000, in order to unite the Notosha Lorbian community ahead of the 2000 Notoshan general election. The party adopted big tent messaging tactics to appeal to Lorbians in Notosha regardless of political beliefs, advocating simply for the rights of the Lorbian community and for the reabsorption of Notosha into Lorbia. Since the declaration of Notoshan independence in 2010, the party has shifted significantly to the right on a number of issues; while it still advocated on behalf of the Notosha Lorbian community and opposed Notoshan independence, the party adopted numerous right-wing populist and right-wing nationalist policies. The PPL continues to be the leading party of the Lorbian community in Notosha, and sees its support coming exclusively from Notosha Lorbians.

## Political positions

Upon its foundation in 2000, the PPL had few concrete political positions besides advocating for Lorbian minority rights and Notoshan-Lorbian unionism. The party considered itself big tent, appealing to Notosha Lorbians of all political beliefs.

Following the declaration of Notoshan independence in 2010, the PPL took a drastic turn for the right-wing. Most politically moderate Notosha Lorbians left Notosha after the election, settling in border towns in Lorbia, while those more ardently opposed to Notoshan independence opted to remain, pushing the party much further to the right. Observers have since identified the PPL as variously Lorbian nationalist, right-wing populist, and right-wing nationalist, placing it on the right-wing or far-right of the political spectrum. The PPL's greatest concern is the future of Notosha, and returning sovereignty over Notosha to Lorbia. The party also ardently believes in the protection of the Lorbian ethnic identity and preservation of the Notosha Lorbian community. The party has few unified fiscal stances, placing much greater emphasis on social, cultural, and foreign policy. In regards to foreign policy, the PPL is ardently opposed to both Notosha independence and Notoshan-Asbanian unionism, having indicated its support for armed intervention should the latter ever occur. The party continues to designate Notosha as an autonomous region of Lorbia, thus believing that the Lorbian government should be responsible for Notoshan foreign policy.

The PPL believes that social and cultural issues are some of the most important facing the Notosha Lorbian community. The party strongly supports the preservation of civil rights for the Lorbian community in Notosha, and often advocates for the representation of the Lorbian language and preservation of Eastern Eurean Orthodox Christian religious traditions in Notosha. Since 2010, the party has taken a hardline right-wing nationalist stance on the Notosha War (1997–2000), supporting motions to commemorate Lorbian war criminals, deny war atrocities committed by Lorbian forces, and incarcerate former members of the Notosha Liberation Army (NLA).