Party of Sardinians
Partito dei Sardi
LeadersFranciscu Sedda
Paolo Maninchedda
IdeologyRegionalism
Sardinian nationalism
Social democracy
Separatism
Political positionCentre-left
Regional Council of Sardinia
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Website
www.ilpartitodeisardi.eu

The Party of Sardinians (Italian: Partito dei Sardi, PdS) was a regionalist, Sardinian nationalist, social-democratic[1] and separatist[1][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 party's first 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 (iRS).

In the 2014 regional election 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.[9] 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 big coalitions. After the election, Sedda resigned from president.[10]

In late 2022 the party was basically replaced by "Sardinian Nation – Justice and Liberty" (reference to Giustizia e Libertà).[11] Since mid 2023 the party's website was no longer active.[12]

Leadership

References

  1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Sardinia/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ Party's Manifesto
  3. ^ "Gli indipendentisti sardi a Barcellona per il referendum catalano: "Democrazia contro dittatura"".
  4. ^ Anche ProgReS si sfascia! Franciscu Sedda, Ornella Demuru e tanti altri abbandonano il partito indipendentista, schiacciati dalle ambizioni di… Michela Murgia! - vitobiolchini
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Ecco il Partito dei sardi di Maninchedda "Pronti ad alleanza col centrosinistra" - Politica - L'Unione Sarda
  7. ^ Sardegna - Elezioni Regionali del 16 febbraio 2014 - la Repubblica.it
  8. ^ "Maninchedda è il nuovo segretario del PDS. A Sedda la presidenza". 4 December 2017.
  9. ^ Cirronis, Giampaolo (2018-12-17). "Paolo Maninchedda ha vinto, com'era ampiamente prevedibile, le Primarias del Partito dei Sardi per la scelta del candidato governatore". La Provincia del Sulcis Iglesiente (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  10. ^ "Partito dei Sardi, si chiude l'avventura del presidente Sedda". Centotrentuno (in Italian). 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  11. ^ "Elezioni: comunicato di Nazione Sarda - Giustizia e libertà -". web.archive.org. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  12. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230701000000*/https://www.ilpartitodeisardi.eu

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