Christian Democracy Sicily (, DCS), also known as New Christian Democracy (''Nuova Democrazia Cristiana''), is a
Christian-democratic
Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.
Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well a ...
political party
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based in
Sicily
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,
Italy
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. Its leader is
Salvatore Cuffaro
Salvatore "Totò" Cuffaro (born 21 February 1958) is a former Italian politician and former President of Sicily. He has served an almost 5-year jail sentence for aiding Cosa Nostra.President of Sicily.
The party is the regional section of one of the political parties named
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.
Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...
, of which Cuffaro was elected secretary in 2023.
History
In October 2020, Cuffaro launched the DCS, in connection with the
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.
Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...
led by Renato Grassi and Renzo Gubert. The party ran for the first time with its own list in the municipal elections of 2021 in Sicily, obtaining good results and several seats (11.5% and three seats in Favara, 6.4% and one seat in
Giarre
Giarre () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily. The town is located about southeast of Palermo and around north of Catania.
Geography
Giarre is bounded by the municipalities of Acireale, Mascali, Milo, Ri ...
, 6.7% and one seat in
Caltagirone
Caltagirone (; or ; ) is an inland city and municipality () in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about southwest of Catania.
It is the fifth most populous municipality of the Metropolita ...
Clemente Mastella
Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947) is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Benevento since 20 June 2016. He also served as leader of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), a minor centrist and Christian-democratic I ...
looking forward the following elections. However, in the municipal elections of June, the party ran in a joint list with
Us with Italy
Us with Italy (, NcI) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative and Christian democracy, Christian-democratic political party in Italy.
NcI started as a federation of minor centre-right parties and, as such, was part of the Centre-right ...
in
Messina
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(1.6%) and in Niscemi (10.1% and two seats), while ran with an autonomous list in
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
, in support of
Roberto Lagalla
Roberto Lagalla (born 16 April 1955) is an Italian politician and academic, who has been mayor of Palermo since 2022.
Biography
Born in Bari, at the age of two he moved to Palermo, where he grew up and in 1979 graduated in Medicine and Surgery a ...
(5.5% and three seats) and in Aci Catena (7.5% and one seat).
In August 2022, in the run-up of the 2022 regional election, Cuffaro announced his party's support for
Renato Schifani
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani (; born 11 May 1950) is an Italian politician who has served as the president of Sicily since 13 October 2022. Schifani was Silvio Berlusconi's chief whip and was a prominent member of the Senate of the Republic f ...
. In the election, the DCS obtained 6.5% of the vote within the
centre-right coalition
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, electing five deputies to the
Sicilian Regional Assembly
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League
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, joined the DCS.
In May 2023, Cuffaro was elected national secretary of the
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.
Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...