Pact of Democrats for Reforms

Pact of Democrats for Reforms
Patto dei Democratici per le Riforme
Leader Salvatore Cardinale
Founded July 2014
Headquarters Palermo
Ideology Regionalism
Centrism
Political position Centre
National affiliation with Democratic Party (2014–present)
Sicilian Regional Assembly
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The Pact of Democrats for Reforms (Italian: Patto dei Democratici per le Riforme, PDR) is a regional centrist political party active in Sicily, Italy, led by former minister Salvatore Cardinale,[1] whose daughter is a deputy of the Democratic Party (PD).[2]

The party emerged in July 2014 from the merger of the Reformist Democrats for Sicily, a regional autonomist party, with other minor groups (notably including splinters from Article Four), who supported Rosario Crocetta, a Democrat, as President of Sicily.[3] The PDR was endorsed by the PD's national leadership.[4][5] In October 2015 the party was enlarged to some members of Democratic Sicily (SD) and rebranded Pact of Democrats for Reforms – Future Sicily.[6][7][8][9]

In the 2016 local elections the party obtained substantial results in some medium-sized Sicilian cities: 15.8% in Favara,[10] 14.5% in Canicattì,[11] 14.1% in Barrafranca (where SD took 10.0%),[12] and 9.3% in Alcamo.[13]

In the 2017 regional election the PDR, in alliance with the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), obtained 6.0% of the vote and two seats in the Sicilian Regional Assembly. While being part of the centre-left coalition in support of Fabrizio Micari in the election, the PDR might support Nello Musumeci, the newly-elected centre-right President of Sicily.[14]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.linkiesta.it/blogs/todo-modo/cardinale-l-uomo-senza-cariche-che-tiene-mano-il-pd-siciliano
  2. ↑ http://leg16.camera.it/29?shadow_deputato=302881
  3. ↑ http://www.ars.sicilia.it/deputati/gruppo.jsp?idGruppo=205
  4. ↑ http://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/07/21/news/l_ex_ministro_cardinale_lancia_il_movimento_patto_per_i_democratici_via_libera_da_renzi-92083995/
  5. ↑ http://www.tempostretto.it/news/assemblea-costituente-nasce-pdr-patto-moderati-sinistra-riconoscono-area-renzi.html
  6. ↑ http://www.ars.sicilia.it/deputati/gruppo.jsp?idGruppo=214
  7. ↑ http://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/10/20/news/nasce_sicilia_futura_cardinale_avverte_adesso_chiarezza_con_crocetta_e_in_maggioranza_-125493331/
  8. ↑ http://gds.it/2015/10/20/nasce-sicilia-futura-renzi-e-il-nostro-punto-di-riferimento_425313/
  9. ↑ http://livesicilia.it/2015/10/20/il-battesimo-di-sicilia-futura-con-renzi-ma-non-contro-crocetta_675958/
  10. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/favara.html?refresh_cens
  11. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/canicatti.html?refresh_cens
  12. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/barrafranca.html?refresh_cens
  13. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/alcamo.html?refresh_cens
  14. ↑ http://www.lettera43.it/it/articoli/politica/2017/11/06/elezioni-sicilia-i-possibili-alleati-di-musumeci/215350

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