Now Sicily

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Now Sicliy
Ora Sicilia
Leader Luigi Genovese
FoundedJune 2019
DissolvedAugust 2022
Split from Forza Italia
Merged into Movement for Autonomy
Ideology Regionalism [1]
National affiliation Centre-right coalition

Now Sicily (Ora Sicilia) was a regional Italian political party based in Sicily. [2]

The party, which functioned mainly as a group within the Sicilian Regional Assembly (ARS), was launched in June 2019 by splinters from Forza Italia led by Luigi Genovese. [3] Originally formed by three regional deputies, a month later the party was joined by Tony Rizzotto from the League. [4] [5] In July 2020 Now Sicily became a full-fledged party. [6] [7]

On 14 August 2022, Now Sicily merged into the Movement for Autonomy [8] and Luigi Genovese was a candidate for the "Populars and Autonomists" list in the 2022 Sicilian regional election.

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  2. "Cambio di denominazione e restyling del logo: "Ora Sicilia" si evolve e diventa partito". 23 July 2020.
  3. https://gds.it/articoli/politica/2019/06/20/regione-allars-il-nuovo-gruppo-ora-sicilia-lo-presiede-genovese-junior-ffc8e7d0-1518-4cbc-9ea1-ae7f5ad7aa9f All'Ars il nuovo gruppo "Ora Sicilia", lo presiede Genovese junior: "Lascio Forza Italia"
  4. https://palermo.repubblica.it/politica/2019/07/03/news/ars_tony_rizzotto_espulso_dalla_lega_fatale_l_adesione_a_ora_sicilia_silurato_l_unico_deputato_salviniano_al_parlamento_-230220296 Ars, Tony Rizzotto espulso dalla Lega. Fatale l'adesione a "Ora Sicilia"
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  7. "Ora Sicilia si fa partito grazie ai consigli di papà Genovese. "Puntiamo alle prossime Regionali, per ora con Musumeci"".
  8. Ora Sicilia converge nel Mpa di Raffale Lombardo