The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) was a political party in

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

History

The PAC was formed on 6 November 1946 by

Cheddi Jagan Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 199 ...

Janet Jagan Janet Rosenberg Jagan (October 20, 1920 – March 28, 2009) was a U.S.-born Guyanese politician who served as the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She was the first female President of Guyana. She previou ...

, Ashton Chase and Jocelyn Hubbard.The Political Affairs Committee
Guyana.org On the same day it started producing the ''PAC Bulletin'', printing 60 copies. The bulletin was usually published once or twice a month.
Guyana.org The party called for the introduction of

universal suffrage Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or political stanc ...

and self-government, fair wage rules and land reform. However, the press supporting the colonial regime labelled the PAC as a communist front. The party put forward three candidates for the 1947 general elections, the Jagans and Hubbard, although they contested the elections as independents. Cheddi Jagan contested the Central Demerara seat against John D'Aguiar (the incumbent), HL Palmer and Frank Jacob; Jagan won with 31% of the vote. Janet Jagan contested Georgetown Central constituency, finishing second, whilst Hubbard ran in Georgetown North, losing after a campaign marred by racism. On 1 January 1950 the PAC merged with the British Guiana Labour Party to form the People's Progressive Party.Guyana General and Regional Elections 19 March 2001
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References

{{Guyanese political parties Political parties established in 1946 Political parties disestablished in 1950 Defunct political parties in Guyana Socialist parties in South America Socialism in Guyana 1946 establishments in British Guiana 1950 disestablishments in British Guiana