The Reformist Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Riformista, PSR) was a tiny social-democratic political party in Italy.
Reformist Socialist Party Partito Socialista Riformista | |
|---|---|
| President | Enrico Manca |
| Secretary | Fabrizio Cicchitto |
| Founded | 13 November 1994 |
| Dissolved | 31 January 1996 |
| Split from | Italian Socialist Party |
| Merged into | Socialist Party |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
It was founded after the Tangentopoli scandal, in opposition to the decision of Ottaviano Del Turco, then secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), to place it within the centre-left Alliance of Progressives coalition, dominated by the Democratic Party of the Left. Its leading members included Fabrizio Cicchitto and Enrico Manca.[1] The party merged into the Socialist Party in 1996.
Fabrizio Cicchitto, who was once a left-winger close to Riccardo Lombardi in the old PSI,[2] became the deputy-coordinator of Forza Italia and later a member of The People of Freedom, while Enrico Manca, who had been a centrist linked to Bettino Craxi, joined Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy in 2004 and the Democratic Party, remaining there until his death in 2011.
Leadership
edit- Secretary: Fabrizio Cicchitto (1994–1996)
- President: Enrico Manca (1994–1996)