Schittulli Political Movement
Schittulli Political Movement (Italian: Movimento Politico Schittulli) is a political party in Italy active in Apulia, founded in 2009 by the surgeon Francesco Schittulli.
History
[edit]The party was launched in 2009 as electoral list for the candidacy of Francesco Schittulli to the presidency of the province of Bari. Schittulli, supported by the centre-right coalition, won the electoral competition with 50.05% of the vote, while the Schittulli Movement obtained 9.5% of the vote and 5 provincial councillors.[1]
In 2010 Schittulli organized his list into a full-fledged party.[2]
Schittulli was a candidate for president in the 2015 Apulian regional election, but after the political breaking between Raffaele Fitto and Silvio Berlusconi he was supported by only a part of the centre-right coalition (Schittulli Political Movement, Popular Area, Over with Fitto and Brothers of Italy), while Forza Italia supported the candidacy of Adriana Poli Bortone.[3] Finally, Schittulli finished third, behind Michele Emiliano (Democratic Party) and Antonella Laricchia (Five Star Movement), but surpassing the other centre-right candidate, Adriana Poli Bortone.[4] Schittulli obtained 18.29% of the vote, while his movement (in a single list with Popular Area) obtained 6.36% of the vote and 4 seats in the regional council.
In 2021 the Schittulli Movement enters into a political agreement with Us with Italy, with the prospect of presenting joint lists in local elections.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Schittulli batte Divella al primo turno È il nuovo presidente della Provincia
- ^ La sfida di Schittulli: nuovo movimento «Nel centrodestra ma rapporti con tutti»
- ^ Regionali Puglia, Berlusconi conferma la Poli Bortone: sarà la candidata di FI
- ^ Regionali Puglia, tutti sconfitti nel derby di centrodestra. Fitto non cancella Forza Italia
- ^ https://radionorba.it/puglia-il-centrodestra-si-rinforza/ Incontro tra il prof. Francesco Schittulli e l’ex ministro Maurizio Lupi