Party of Sicilians

The Party of Sicilians (Italian: Partito dei Siciliani, PdS) was a regionalist and Christian-democratic political party in Sicily. It was the Sicilian regional section of the Movement for Autonomy (MpA).

Party of Sicilians Partito dei Siciliani
Leader	Raffaele Lombardo
Founded	August 2012
Ideology	Sicilian regionalism[1] Autonomism[2][3] Christian democracy[1]
Political position	Centre-right[4][5]
National affiliation	Movement for Autonomies
Sicilian Regional Assembly	6 / 70
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

History

In August 2012 it was announced that the Sicilian section of the MpA would be renamed Party of Sicilians (PdS).^[6][7] Contextually, Raffaele Lombardo, MpA leader and incumbent President of Sicily, chose not to run again in the 2012 Sicilian regional election. The newly formed PdS supported Gianfranco Micciché for President, as part of a "Sicilianist" coalition comprising Micciché's Great South (GS), the Sicilian People's Movement (MPS) and the regional section of Future and Freedom (FLI).^[8] Micciché won 15.4% of the vote, while the PdS obtained 9.5% and ten regional deputies.^[9]

In 2017 Angelo Attaguile, the only member of PdS in the Chamber of Deputies, led a split from the party and became secretary of Us with Salvini (NcS), sister party of Lega Nord (LN) in southern Italy. Another split occurred in 2015 when Rino Piscitello, PdS secretary since 2013, launched Sicily Nation (SN), which would later merge into the Sicilian National Movement (MNS).

In the 2017 regional election the PdS/MpA formed teamed up with Francesco Saverio Romano's Cantiere Popolare (CP) under the banner of "Populars and Autonomists".^[10][11][12] The list won 7.1% of the vote, obtained six regional deputies and entered the regional government led by Nello Musumeci, the newly elected President of Sicily.^[13]

After that, the PdS was absorbed into the MpA, which was re-organised in Sicily alone.

Electoral results

Sicilian Regional Assembly

Sicilian Regional Assembly
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
2012	182,737 (5th)	9.5	10 / 90	–	Giovanni Pistorio
2017	136,520 (4th)[a]	7.1	6 / 70	4	Giuseppe Maria Reina

1. In a joint list with Cantiere Popolare.

Leadership

• Secretary: Giovanni Pistorio (2012–2015), Rino Piscitello (2013–2015)

References

1. Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
2. ANSA (2007). Il libro ANSA 2007. Notizie, immagini, personaggi (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 46. ISBN 978-88-8440-457-2. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
3. D'Atena, Antonio (2011). Sesto rapporto sullo stato del regionalismo in Italia (in Italian). Giuffrè Editore. p. 54. ISBN 978-88-14-17198-7. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
4. Giancarlo Minaldi (2012). "La via del declino di un modello di rappresentanza: il ceto politico meridionale nei governo della transizione italiana". In Antonio La Spina; Claudio Riolo (eds.). Il Mezzogiorno nel sistema politico italiano: classi dirigenti, criminalità organizzata, politiche pubbliche (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 62. ISBN 978-88-204-1029-2. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
5. Cotta, Maurizio; Verzichelli, Luca (2008). Il Sistema Politico Italiano (in Italian). Il Mulino. ISBN 978-88-15-12221-6. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
6. Il Partito dei siciliani ora ha anche il simbolo: Pistorio lo presenta a Catania – Corriere del Mezzogiorno
7. "Elezioni regionali, nasce il Partitodei Siciliani, sosterrà Miccichè Presidente - Il Giornale di Ragusa". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
8. Sicilia/ Micciché molla Musumeci – Affaritaliani.it Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
9. Sicilia – Elezioni Regionali 28 ottobre 2012 – la Repubblica.it
10. "Elezioni regionali, il cartello degli autonomisti Mpa-Cantiere popolare: "Arriviamo alla doppia cifra"". 25 September 2017.
11. "Da Lagalla a Lombardo passando per Saverio Romano, ecco il simbolo di 'Popolari e autonomisti'". 22 September 2017.
12. "Regionali: Asse tra Lombardo, Romano e Lagalla. I nomi dei catanesi e l'incognita del "nipote di"".
13. "Regione, ecco la nuova giunta - Nomi e Foto".

External links

• Official website