Party of Sardinians
Party of Sardinians Partito dei Sardi | |
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| President | Paolo Maninchedda |
| Secretary | Franciscu Sedda |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Ideology | Separatism[1] Social democracy[1] |
| Political position | Centre |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 630
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| Senate | 0 / 315
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| European Parliament | 0 / 73
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| Regional Council of Sardinia | 0 / 60
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| Website | |
| www.ilpartitodeisardi.eu | |
The Party of Sardinians (Italian: Partito dei Sardi, PdS) is a social-democratic, separatist[2] political party in Sardinia.
History
In July 2012 Franciscu Sedda and Ornella Demuru, husband and wife,[3] left Project Republic of Sardinia (ProgReS), a party they were instrumental to launch, over disagreements with the new party leadership and the rise of Michela Murgia, a writer who was headed to become the party's candidate in the 2014 regional election.[4][5]
In July 2013 Sedda launched the PdS along with Paolo Maninchedda, a splinter from the Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az). At the first party congress Sedda declared: "Let's start to think and act as a state and a nation, and self-determination will come, maybe not today, but much sooner than we think". The PdS, which long sought an alliance with the centre-left led by the Democratic Party (PD),[6] was welcomed in the coalition, along with the Red Moors and Independence Republic of Sardinia.
In the regional election, which took place in February 2014, the party won 2.7% of the vote and two regional councillors.[7] In December 2017 Sedda and Maninchedda exchanged leadership roles: the former, who used to be secretary, became president, while the latter, who used to be president, became secretary.[8]
In the 2019 regional election the PdS ran alone with Maninchedda as its candidate for President. They obtained 3.7% and 3.4%, respectively, thus, even though that was an improvement from five years before, the party fell short of entering the Regional Council again as the threshold was at 4% for parties outside coalitions.
Leadership
- Secretary: Franciscu Sedda (2013–2017), Paolo Maninchedda (2017–present)
- President: Paolo Maninchedda (2013–2017), Franciscu Sedda (2017–present)
References
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Sardinia/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Party's Manifesto
- ^ "Gli indipendentisti sardi a Barcellona per il referendum catalano: "Democrazia contro dittatura"".
- ^ Anche ProgReS si sfascia! Franciscu Sedda, Ornella Demuru e tanti altri abbandonano il partito indipendentista, schiacciati dalle ambizioni di… Michela Murgia! - vitobiolchini
- ^ Perché ProgReS e Michela Murgia pensano di essere intoccabili? Perché negano l’evidenza? Perché vogliono decidere cosa è una notizia e cosa non lo è? - vitobiolchini
- ^ Ecco il Partito dei sardi di Maninchedda "Pronti ad alleanza col centrosinistra" - Politica - L'Unione Sarda
- ^ Sardegna - Elezioni Regionali del 16 febbraio 2014 - la Repubblica.it
- ^ "Maninchedda è il nuovo segretario del PDS. A Sedda la presidenza". 4 December 2017.