The Base () is a

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active in

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, led by Efisio Arbau.

History

The party was established in 2010 by Efisio Arbau, mayor of Ollolai since 2005. Arbau, a member of the Democratic Party, asked a

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for the presidency of the

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. Denied of the primary, as the party wanted to confirm the incumbent Roberto Deriu, Arbau did not give up his candidacy and was expelled from the party along with seven other Democratic activists. The regional section of the PD was also divided on the case: MPs Antonello Soro, Gian Piero Scanu, Guido Melis and Caterina Pes supported Arbau, and regional councillor

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described the expulsion of Arbau as a "squad and Holy Inquisition method". Arbau thus ran for president in the provincial election – won again by Deriu – in alliance with

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, the Greens, the

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and

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, arguing, during the entire electoral campaign, that the Democratic Party had now become a right-wing party. Arbau came in third, with 23.9% of the vote. In 2013 Arbau took over the seat in the Regional Council from Barriacciu, who had been elected to the

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, and joined the Sardinia is already Tomorrow group. However, Arbau left the group shortly after, in dissent with the chairman Mario Diana on the request for a secret vote on the amendment to the double preference, thus causing its dissolution. In the 2014 regional election, The Base took part in the

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in support of Francesco Pigliaru's candidacy, which later turned out to be a winner. Despite the 0.7% of the vote obtained by the party, Arbau was re-elected to the Regional Council. However, in 2015, the

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declared Arbau lapsed from the charge along with three other regional councilors. In 2018 Arbau announced the confluence of The Base in the

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, an associate party of the predominantly right-wing

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–

. The alliance with the Sardinian Action Party and with the League caused the discontent of many members of The Base, such as the deputy mayor of

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Sebastian Cocco, who decided to leave the party. However, in the 2024 regional election the party formed a joint list with the left-wing Progressive Party.

Electoral results

Sardinian regional elections

References

{{Reflist Political parties in Sardinia Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Italy