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2.01 government
discrimination
- 4 for 1950-56,
AC8
- 16 for 1957-62,
AC3
- The data indicated
colonial, i.e. French, discrimination against the PDG.
This discrimination apparently took the form of threats
of dismissal from government jobs for those government
functionaries who were members of the PDG. However, after
the institution of the "loi-cadre" in 1956, the colonial
government took a more neutral position towards the PDG.
The lack of information for the second time period caused
a lowering of the adequacy confidence score. All
opposition parties joined PDG in 1958 and Guinea was from
this time on a one party state.
- 2.02 governmental
leadership
- 0 out of 7 for 1950-56,
AC9
- 6 out of 6 for 1957-62,
AC9
- The PDG established
itself as the governing authority in Guinea with the 1957
elections, which gave the party 57 of 60 seats in the
legislative assembly. Saifoulaye Diallo of the PDG was
elected President of the Assembly, and later in the year
Toure became Vice-President of the governmental council,
which amounted to the head of state under the
"loi-cadre".
- 2.03 cabinet
participation
- 0 out of 7 for 1950-56,
AC5
- 6 out of 6 for 1957-62,
AC9
- Apparently, the PDG did
not participate in the government in any important
respect until the elections of 1957, when it won 57 of
the seats in the territorial assembly, which then
selected members of the council of government, acting in
effect like a cabinet. The PDG dominated the council of
government until independence in 1958, and it continued
its role in Toure's cabinet, which was responsible to him
personally.
- 2.04 national
participation
- 5 for 1950-56,
AC6
- 6 for 1957-62,
AC8
- The PDG was not
considered a regional party but competed across the
country. Its success was more variable during the first
part of our period, when it was weak in Fouta-Djallon or
Moyenne Guinee. Through the BPN (Bureau Politique
Nationale) the organization was directed towards the
nation as a whole.
- 2.05 legislative
strength
- Strength is .00 for
1950-56, AC7 and .98 for 1957-62, AC8
- The PDG was
unrepresented in the territorial assembly until the 1957
election, when the party won 57 of 60 seats. By 1959, the
PDG controlled all the seats in the
legislature.
- 2.06 electoral
strength
- Strength is .37 for
1950-1956, AC6 and .77 for 1957-1962, AC6
- Elections were held in
1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, and 1958. The proportion of votes
won by the PDG grew from 14 percent in 1951 to 77 percent
in 1957.
- 2.07 outside
origin
- 8, AC8
- The PDG was formed by
leaders of the labor unions which are considered major
legal social organizations. There were also intellectuals
and government functionaries involved in the PDG
formation.
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