-
5.01 ownership of
means of production
- 4 for 1950-62,
AC7
- Sufficient data to
support a pro-strong program and pro- moderate practice
code of 4 and a medium to high adequacy confidence.
Though pro-strong in program, the PDG permitted and even
tried to attract foreign firms, although they were to be
strictly controlled.
- 5.02 government role in
economic planning
- 5 for 1950-62,
AC9.
- Information is for the
second time period, but since there is no indication of
change, the code is inferred for the first time period.
Through the use of the "triennial plan" (resembling the
standard five year plan), government control of various
education programs and government edicts which called for
the placing of one - half of the assets of foreign
investors in Guinean banks, the national government
played a large role in economic planning.
- 5.03 redistribution of
wealth
- 4 for 1957-62,
AC9.
- The PDG advocated and
instituted a program of collectivization in agriculture
as a means of redistributing the wealth. However, this
program has not been carried out in full. The literature
also alludes to the fact that there were still great
disparities in the distribution of wealth.
- 5.04 social
welfare
- 4 for 1957-62,
AC5.
- There are indications of
PDG concern for social welfare along with some
programmatic implementation. However, the documentation
is not extensive. The JRDA (youth wing of the PDG) is
employed in these social welfare programs.
- 5.05 secularization of
society
- 4 for 1950-62,
AC7
- There are some
statements indicating government antagonism towards
church controlled schools. Yet, it appeared that the PDG
was antagonistic towards the church on more points than
education alone. The PDG believed that the church was an
institution which may have harbored counter-
nationalistic tendencies, something which the strongly
nationalistic PDG would not tolerate.
- 5.06 support of the
military
- AC1 for the 1st
half
- 2 for the 2nd half,
AC8
- There is little mention
of direct monetary allocation to the armed forces.
However, the PDG was in strict control of the military
and used it to further the nationalistic goals of the
party. There was no discrimination against the military
and there was substantial allocation for military
academies.
- 5.07 alignment with
east-west blocs
- 1 for 1950-62,
AC6
- The variable code is
based on a tendency towards voting with the eastern bloc
in the United Nations by the Guinean delegate. However,
there was an articulated Guinean policy of official
neutrality which precludes any supposition of "alignment"
with the eastern bloc during this time period. Guinea
tended to strike up economic relations with both sides
during this period.
- 5.08
anti-colonialism
- 5 for 1950-62,
AC9
- Pro-strong in both
practice and program. This variable code is based almost
exclusively on the attitude taken by the PDG towards the
1958 referendum on independence which was offered by de
Gaulle. After Guinea opted for independence, the PRG and
Sekou Toure continued the policy of eliminating colonial
control in Guinea under the "decolonization"
program.
- 5.09 supranational
integration
- 5 for 1950-62,
AC9
- The information was
found only for the second time period, but there is no
indication of any change in attitude during the earlier
period. The PDG and Sekou Toure continually advocated a
pan-African movement and Guinea was considered as a
member of the pan-African Casablanca group. The feud
between the PDG and the Democratic Party of the Ivory
Coast, a more conservative and less pan-African oriented
party, underlined the strong supra- national integration
sentiment in the PDG.
- 5.10 national
integration
- 5 for 1950-62,
AC9
- The PDG strongly
advocated a policy of national integration and an end to
local ethnicity and regionalism. It desired a
"psychological reconversion" to nationalism. Through a
powerful educational program and the abolition of the
power of the chiefs, the PDG sought to foster a deep
sense of national awareness among the
citizens.
- 5.11 electoral
participation
- 5 for 1st half,
AC9-
- 3 for 2nd half,
AC9
- Specific statements in
the constitution state that there was universal suffrage.
Toure continually stated that there should be no
discrimination against women in regard to suffrage, or
anything else. However, Guinea became a one party state
without electoral competition.
- 5.12 protection of civil
rights
- 2 for 1950-62,
AC5
- There are statements in
the PDG program against discrimination but since there is
no indication of attempts to enforce this position, the
situation best fits the pro-moderate in program. There is
some indication that the PDG discriminated against
intellectuals and chiefs, and therefore the PDG has been
scored con-weak in practice.
- 5.13 interference with
civil liberties
- 1 for 1950-62,
AC4
- The pro-weak position
was accepted because of the following statement in the
literature--individual liberty is placed within the
framework of its practical utility to
society.
- 5.14 / 5.15 US--Soviet
experts left-right ratings
- U.S. Says 3,
non-communist left.
- Soviets say 3, a fusion
of leftist- nationalist organizations, representatives of
workers, peasants, servants, and intelligentsia. It is
progressive and works for socio-economic reforms,
promoting democratic bases in the reconstruction of
government and non- capitalistic development.
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