Red Moors
{{Infobox political party
| name = Red Moors
| native_name = Rossomori
| logo = Rosso mori's logo.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| leader =
| leader1_title = Secretary
| leader1_name = Lucia Chessa
| leader2_title = President
| leader2_name = Natacha Lampis
| split = {{nowrap|Sardinian Action Party}}
| foundation = 2009
| dissolution =
| headquarters = Via Nicolò Machiavelli, 132 - 09131 Cagliari
| newspaper =
| ideology = Regionalism
Sardinian nationalism
Social democracy
Separatism
| position = Centre-left
| national =
| international =
| european =
| europarl =
| seats4_title = Regional Council of Sardinia
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#C71E2E}}
| website = [https://www.rossomori.it/ https://www.rossomori.it/]
| colorcode = #C71E2E
| country = Sardinia
}}
Red Moors ({{langx|it|Rossomori}}, RM) is a regionalist, Sardinian nationalist, social-democratic,{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/sardinia.html|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|title=Sardinia/Italy|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2019|accessdate=26 March 2019|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403123828/http://parties-and-elections.eu/sardinia.html|url-status=dead}} and separatist[http://www.rossomori.net/joomla/images/Statuto_ROSSOMORI.pdf Official Statute, pg.3:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927162903/http://www.rossomori.net/joomla/images/Statuto_ROSSOMORI.pdf |date=2015-09-27 }} Rossomori è la memoria storica del sardismo, del socialismo, dell’antifascismo e dell’azionismo. È a fianco dei sardi nella lotta per l’autodeterminazione e la sua liberazione, per costruire la Nazione Sarda, la sua Sovranità, la sua Indipendenza in una Europa di popoli e nazioni solidali e uguali. Siamo un movimento identitario, solidale, progressista, antifascista, popolare e di sinistra, quindi anticolonialista e figlio del miglior azioniamo, che crede nella democrazia partecipata e ne fa strumento della propria azione politica per la Liberazione, l’Autodeterminazione, la Sovranità e l’Indipendenza del popolo sardo. political party in Sardinia. The party was founded in 2009 as a left-wing split from the Sardinian Action Party (Psd'Az), after the Psd'Az had signed an electoral pact with The People of Freedom, the main centre-right party in Italy,{{cite book|author=Eve Hepburn|title=Using Europe: Territorial Party Strategies in a Multi-level System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKuCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|year=2010|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-84779-764-3|page=134}} and would later team up with Lega Nord.
In the 2009 regional election the RM won 2.5% of the vote, despite not being on the ballot in three provincial constituencies out of eight, and one regional councillor, Claudia Zuncheddu.{{Cite web| title=Elezioni del XIV Consiglio regionale e del Presidente della Regione . Proclamati Eletti Dall' Ufficio Centrale Regionale | language=it | trans-title=Elections of the XIV Regional Council and of the President of the Region. Proclaimed Elected by the Regional Central Office | url=http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_204_20090302175233.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407142607/http://www.regione.sardegna.it:80/documenti/1_204_20090302175233.pdf | archive-date=2009-04-07}} The list did better in the province of Sassari (4.2%) and the province of Nuoro (3.3%).[http://www.regione.sardegna.it/argomenti/attivita_istituzionali/elezioni2009/risultaticiscoscrizione.html Risultati per circoscrizione-Regione Autonoma della Sardegna] In the 2010 provincial elections the Red Moors improved their share of vote and were particularly strong in Medio Campidano (7.1%), the province of Nuoro (4.2%) and the province of Cagliari (3.1%).[http://provinciali.interno.it/provinciali/P000.htm Ministry of the Interior] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401072627/http://provinciali.interno.it/provinciali/P000.htm |date=2010-04-01 }}
In January 2011, Zuncheddu left the party in order to join Independence Republic of Sardinia (iRS).http://edicola.unionesarda.it/Articolo.aspx?Data=20110210&Categ=0&Voce=1&IdArticolo=2550091 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}http://edicola.unionesarda.it/Articolo.aspx?Data=20110211&Categ=0&Voce=1&IdArticolo=2550446 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} This caused a major upheaval within the party, which was left without representation in the Regional Council.http://edicola.unionesarda.it/Articolo.aspx?Data=20110212&Categ=0&Voce=1&IdArticolo=2550802 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} However, the party pushed back and, in the 2014 regional election, it won 2.6% of the vote and two regional councillors.[http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2014/elezioni/regionali/sardegna.html Sardegna - Elezioni Regionali del 16 febbraio 2014 - la Repubblica.it]
In the 2019 regional election the party formed, outside big coalitions, a joint list with the iRS and Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia (SNI) named "Self-determination"{{cite web | url=https://www.consregsardegna.it/Presentato-il-Nuovo-Progetto-Autodeterminazione | title=Presentato il "Nuovo Progetto Autodeterminazione" | date=16 May 2018 }} and obtained 1.9% of the vote. As a result, the party was no longer represented in the Regional Council. In June 2021, during a party congress, Lucia Chessa and Natacha Lampis were elected secretary and president, respectively.{{cite web | url=https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/regione/2021/06/03/news/la-guida-del-partito-e-tutta-femminile-1.40350408 | title=La guida del partito è tutta femminile }}
In the 2024 regional election Chessa ran as a stand-alone candidate, obtaining 1.0% of the vote, while the party got 0.6% of the vote and no seats in the Regional Council.
Leadership
- Secretary: Gesuino Muledda (2009–2012), Salvatore Melis (2012–2014), Marco Pau (2014–2021), Lucia Chessa (2021–present)
- President: Paola Zunchedda (2009–2011), Gesuino Muledda (2012–2018), Natacha Lampis (2021–present)
References
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External links
- [http://rossomori.eu/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412192024/http://rossomori.eu/ |date=2010-04-12 }}
{{Political parties in Italy}}
Category:Political parties in Sardinia
Category:Sardinian nationalist parties
Category:Political parties established in 2009