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The Populars of Italy Tomorrow

Italian political party

Summary

Italian political party

Field	Value
colorcode
name	The Populars of Italy Tomorrow
native_name	I Popolari di Italia Domani
logo	POPOLARI DI ITALIA DOMANI.jpg
logo_size	150px
leader	Francesco Saverio Romano
foundation	28 September 2010
dissolution	4 January 2012
split	Union of the Centre
merged	Cantiere Popolare
headquarters	Corso Vittorio Emanuele 229
00186 Rome
membership	unknown
ideology	Christian democracy
position	Centre to centre-right
international	None
seats1_title	Chamber of Deputies
seats2_title	Senate
website
country	Italy

00186 Rome The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (I Popolari di Italia Domani, PID) was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy whose power base was in Sicily. It is currently affiliated with Forza Italia.

PID was launched on 28 September 2010 by five splinter deputies (four from Sicily and one from Campania) of the Union of the Centre (UdC) led by Francesco Saverio Romano, the UdC leader in Sicily. They dissented with the party's support to Raffaele Lombardo's fourth regional government and chose to vote in favour of Silvio Berlusconi in a vote of confidence on 29 September in the Chamber of Deputies.

It was a damaging split for the UdC in Sicily, the party's historical stronghold, as 7 regional deputies out of 10 chose to follow Romano, additionally joined by a splinter from the Movement for the Autonomies, Lombardo's party. With 8 deputies, PID are the fifth largest party in the Regional Assembly. Behind the scenes, the party was supported by Salvatore Cuffaro, senator and former President of Sicily, who was forced to leave politics in January 2011 due to a 7-year conviction for mafia-related crimes.

On 20 October 2010, in the Chamber of Deputies, PID formed a joint group with We the South (NS) led by Luciano Sardelli (NS). On 20 January 2011 PID was a founding component of Responsible Initiative, a centre-right group in the Chamber, but Calogero Mannino refused to join it.

In March Mannino finally left the party to start his own, which will be called Popular Initiative, while Romano was appointed minister of Agriculture in Berlusconi IV Cabinet.

In 2012 the PID formed Cantiere Popolare along with Popular Action, the Christian Movement of Workers and the Extended Christian Pact. The new party ran in the Sicilian regional election of 2012, winning 5.9% of the votes and 4 regional deputies.

In 2013 PID–Cantiere Popolare became an associate party of Forza Italia.

Leadership

Coordinator: Francesco Saverio Romano (2010–2013)
President: Calogero Mannino (2010–2011)

References

Nadia Pietrafitta. (29 September 2010). "I siciliani lasciano l'Udc". Iltempo.
"Sicilia: Popolari per l'Italia, dubbi di legittimita' su Lombardo quater". Palermo Repubblica.
(28 September 2010). "Ars, i cuffariani lasciano l'Udc nasce un nuovo gruppo, si chiama Pid". [[La Repubblica]].
"Index". QDS.
"Deputazione PID". Ipopolariditaliadomani.
[http://www.siciliaoggi.net/2010/09/ars-nascono-i-popolari-per-litalia-di-domani-ex-udc/ News]
(23 January 2011). ""Favorì la mafia", verdetto definitivo Cuffaro si costituisce a Rebibbia". Corriere della Sera.
(20 October 2010). "Agenzia Parlamentare per l'informazione politica ed economica". AgenParl.
"Nascono i Responsabili con 2 prestiti Pdl ma governo non ha maggioranza assoluta". Il Messaggero.
(20 January 2011). "Ecco i 21 responsabili pronti a difendere Berlusconi. Così cambiano i giochi nelle commissioni decisive". Il Sole 24 ORE.
(14 March 2011). "Mannino, addio al Pid: "Nascerà movimento di ispirazione cattolica"". GDS.
"Ministeri del Governo Letta". Governo Italiano.
"Chi Siamo". Cantiere Popolare.
"Sicilia". Repubblica.
[http://agrigentoweb.it/2013/10/31/l-pid-cantiere-popolare-si-fonde-con-forza-italia-il-senatore-ruvolo-tra-i-firmatari-del-documento_143315 Il Pid-Cantiere Popolare si fonde con Forza Italia. Il senatore Ruvolo tra i firmatari del documento]
[http://www.gds.it/gds/sezioni/politica/dettaglio/articolo/gdsid/298638/ Forza Italia, i dirigenti del Pid aderiscono al partito di Berlusconi]

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