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Angola - proposal for a new flag

New proposals (2001)
1996 proposal

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New proposals

Jos Poels phoned me this evening. By coincidence he stumbled into this web page < http://www.comissao-constitucional.gv.ao/paginas/simbolos_regulamento.htm > )link is dead, ed).
It's about a design competition for a new flag, arms and hymn for Angola. On another page are 288 names of competitors, with a date "14 November" (as closing date?). With the help of the "about:" function I discovered this page is from 7 November *2000*, not 2001. But anyway, it seems Angola is in the process of adopting new national symbols.
I searched a little more, and found the next news items at the site of the Angolan embassy in the US (link is dead, ed.).

Angola: Parliament Discloses New National Symbols
Source: ANGOP
Date: November 14, 2000
Luanda, 11/14 - Angola`s National Assembly (Parliament), will hold a plenary session today in Luanda, to disclose the lot of proposals submitted as part of the tender for new national symbols. 288 people will take part in the contest for a new flag, a new insignia of the Republic, and a new national anthem within the preparation of a new Angolan constitution. The contest that began August 20, 1999, was scheduled to close December that same year, but was extended to March 20, 2000, on account of delays in the submission of the proposals. According to the regulations, the national symbols should promote the national unity, territorial integrity, cultural and historic identity of Angola. They should not bear any connotation with the symbols of any political party. The sub-commission for the symbols is composed of 15 members of parliament. Eight representatives are from the ruling MPLA, three from UNITA, one from the PRS, one from the FNLA, and another representative from the PLD. One more deputy represents other parties within the National Assembly. The sub-commission will elect the three best national symbols under contest, before sending them to the National Assembly Constitutional Commission. The author approved by the
constitutional commission, corresponding to each national symbol, will get a medal plus an amount in cash equivalent to USD 20,000.

First Results of Tender for National Symbols
Source: ANGOP (link is dead, ed.)
Date: April 24, 2001
Luanda, 04/24 - The Angolan parliament constitutional sub-commission for the national symbols bid to release the results of their second scrutiny in which 130 envelopes were selected with 150 proposals. Sub-Commission Coordinator, Ana Maria de Oliveira said that it was a very difficult phase that took months of work. The commencement of the proposals occurred in November last year after 288 envelopes were submitted containing proposals for the national anthem, flag and insignia. Ana Maria de Oliveira said the first phase of works concentrated on verifying whether participants had respected the tender regulations. Of the 288 proposals received, 115 were rejected, 121 accepted, and there were three opinions. The national anthem alone the sub-commission received 44 proposals, two of which 29 were not considered, the coordinator said. She added that their work in this second phase would be to select the final 20 flags, 10 insignias and four anthems which will be submitted to the constitutional commission for approval. Ana Maria de Oliveira