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Congo - Constitution and National Anthem

National Flag in the Constitution
National Flag in the National Anthem

National Flag in the Constitution

The Constitution of 1992 [from http://www.ifrance.com/congo- brazzaville/constitution_congolaise.html] (Constitution de la République du Congo-Brazzaville Examinée par le Conseil Supérieur de la République le 20 Décembre 1991et adoptée au Référendum du 15 Mars 1992) determines the flag in Article 2, english text from CongoWeb (http://www.congoweb.net):

Article 2. L'embleme national est le drapeau tricolore, vert, jaune, rouge. De forme rectangulaire, il est composé de deux (2) triangles rectangles de couleur verte et rouge, sépars par une bande jaune en diagonale, le vert étant du côté de la hampe. La loi précise les dimensions, les tons des couleurs et les autres détails du drapeau.	Article 2. The national emblem is a tricolor, green-yellow-red flag. Of rectangular shape, it is made of two (2) rectangle triangles, green and red, separated by a diagonal yellow stripe, the green triangle lying along the hoist. The law states the dimensions, the colour shades and the other details of the flag.
	Article 3. The national anthem is 'La Congolaise'. The motto of the Republic is 'Unite-Travail-Progress' (Unity-Labour-Progress). The seal of the State and the arms of the Republic are defined by law. The official language is French. The national common languages are Lingala and Munukutuba. The capital city of the Republic of Congo is Brazzaville. [...]

Ivan Sache and Željko Heimer, 5 January 2001

I haven't located the law that "states the dimensions, the colour shades and the other details of the flag" (if it exsists at all) on the Net. L'Album gives ratio of the flags as 2:3~, while, e.g. Bartram's World Flag Database and Shipmate Flag Chart have it 2:3 exactly. If we would have the mentioned law we would know for sure, I guess...
However, even this unusual tricolour retains the main feature of a tricolour - three stripes of equal area (symbolizing the equality). This is aquired only with the requirement that the yellow stripe have the horizontal edges equal to 1/3 of the total length. In case that the flag is exactly 2:3, that would make the red and green triangles not only rectangular (as required by Constitution) but also isoscales.
Željko Heimer, 26 May 2001

The 1992 Constitution has been abolished in 1997 and replaced by a Fundamental Act. Its Article 2 says:

Article 2.
L'emblème national de la République est le Drapeau tricolore, Vert, Jaune, Rouge - De forme rectangulaire, il est composé de deux triangles de couleur verte et rouge, séparés par une bande jaune en diagonale, le vert étant du côté de la hampe.
L'hymne national est "La Congolaise".
La devise de la République est "Unité - Travail - Progrès".
La langue officielle est le français.
Le sceau de l'État et les Armoiries sont définies par la loi.
Article 2.
The national emblem of the republic is the green, yellow, red tricolour. Of rectabgular shape, its made of two triangles, green and red separated by a yellow diag