[2] In the lead-up to the split in PDG-RDA, the PDG-AST founders largely centered their criticism against the party leader Ismael Gushein, whom they accused of 'political scheming'.
[4] PDG-AST upheld the legacy of the 12th PDG party congress, which had opened up for political and economic reforms.
[1][9] Subsequently, the Supreme Court, based on a request from PDG-RDA, withdrew the registration of PDG-AST as a political party.
Ahead of the 1998 Guinean presidential election, PDAG had entered a pact to support the candidature of RPG leader Alpha Condé.
[11] The day before the election, security forces raided Cross' residence, arrested him and claimed that he was amassing arms for a coup d'état.