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It may be approximated that the small stars each inscribed circles 1/7th
of the hoist and with offset from upper and lower edge being haf of that
size. The big star's circle is then 3/7ths. One also wonders where exactly
lies the big star: in the center of the flag or in the center of the solid
blue part of it? I'd say in the exact center of the flag, so slightly nearer
to the small stars than to the fly edge.
António Martins, 27 Jan 2000
The Senators have been discussing again the Constitution of the future
IIIrd Republic since the end of February 2005. There is currently a big
dispute between the Unitarists, promoting a united, decentralized country
with its current ten provinces and Kinshasa as its capital city, and the
Federalists from Lower-Congo and Katanga, who want to increase the number
of the provinces to 21, 25 or 28. The Unitarists say that the Federalists'
proposals are a threat for the national unity and a potential cause of
implosion of the country.
However, it took only three hours to the Senators to agree on the first
article of the draft of the Constitution, concerning the coat of arms and
the motto of the Republic. The new coat of arms would show a leopard's
head flanked by a spear and an ivory point. The new motto would be "Justice
Paix Travail" (Justice Peace Work). The new flag would be the flag
used from 1964 to 1971. Therefore, the symbols used by Congo before Mobutu's
rule would be reinstated.
Source: DigitalCongo <http://www.digitalcongo.net/fullstory.php?id=49937>.
Ivan Sache, 11 Mar 2005
The newspaper "Le Phare" (The Lighthouse, Kinshasa) gives in its issue dated 21 March 2005 the text of a pilot draft of the future Constitution of the country.
TITLE 1: General provisions
Chapter 1: Of the State