Bisutti had been a critic of FrePaSo's alliance with the Radical Civic Union. In 2001, she joined the new centre-left party, Support for an Egalitarian Republic (ARI) and sat on the party's city executive.
Bisutti was opposed to FrePaSo's partnership with the Radical Civic Union.  In 2001, she became a member of the new center-left party, Support for an Egalitarian Republic (ARI), and served on its local leadership team.