Love Party (, PdA) is a

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. The party was co-founded on 12 July 1991, by pornographic actresses

Moana Pozzi Anna Moana Rosa Pozzi (; 27 April 1961 – 15 September 1994), also known mononymously as Moana, was an Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician. Early life Pozzi was born in Genoa, Italy, the daughter of Alfredo Po ...

and Ilona Staller (Cicciolina); at the time, the latter was a member of the

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, having been elected in

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as a Radical Party candidate. Pozzi died on 15 September 1994. The party has not contested elections since 1994 in protest of Italian politics and has largely been out of the public eye since then; however, it has not been officially dissolved, and has advocated electoral reform since 2008.Principali contributi di obiezione di coscienza elettorale
, 2008-2012.

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The party was organized by

Riccardo Schicchi Riccardo Schicchi (; Augusta, Sicily, 12 March 1953 – Rome, 9 December 2012) was an Italian pornographer. He graduated from art school with a specialization in photography, Schicchi began by being a photographer for a magazine named '' Epoca' ...

, Cicciolina's manager, as a

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of the traditional political parties. However, it was later identified as a

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movement by exponents Mauro Biuzzi and Marcella Zingarini. The party supports the legalisation of

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s and improved

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Elections

After a brief alliance with Carlo Fatuzzo's Pensioner's Party, Pozzi ran unsuccessfully for the

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at the general election in 1992. In 1993, Pozzi ran for Mayor of

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." After Elections, Italy Is Still a Muddle"
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'', November 23, 1993

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