Political flags of the Dominican Republic

Last modified: 2002-10-05 by antonio martins
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• 14th of July Movement
• Fuerza de la Revolución
• Dominican Liberation Party
• Dominican Revolutionary Party
• Reformist Social Cristian Party
• Revolutionary Social Christian Party

• Dominican Republic

Horizontal green over black. Source is Smith (1975) [smi75c], pp. 340-341 ("Symbols in politics"). Smith says that these are real flags and not only party emblems, which may differ in colours when used as emblem or in a flag.
Ivan Sache, 06 Aug 1999

I don’t know if it is a flag or just a logo. It is from http://nodo50.ix.apc.org/fr/.
Dov Gutterman, 15 Apr 2000

Judging from the design, it seems to be an anarchist party.
António Martins, 2002 Feb 36

Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) uses two flags. Green on white bicolor (with slogans) and logo on white:

• Flags can be seen at: http://www.prd.partidos.com/gallery/proj6.jpg
• Logo at: http://www.prd.partidos.com/imagenes/logo_big.gif

Chapter II
Emblem / Motto / Colours / Flag

Article 4.- The Reformist Social Cristian Party bears an emblem or symbol a circle formed by a lauril wreath on its left and a palm branch on its right, whose lowere extremes intertwine without their upper extremes touching each other. Around those branches of lauril and palm, two ribbons with the following inscriptions: the upper ribbon, PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO; in the lower ribbon, NI INJUSTICIAS NI PRIVILEGIOS ["neither injustices nor privileges"]. Within the circle left by the already described ribbons and branches, there will be an allegory reresenting a dawn on our fields, the sun rising behind the mountains. In front of this allegory, a rooster [red] posing in singing posture, and beneath the rooster, a green machete.

Article 5.- The motto of the Reformist Social Cristian Party is: NEITHER INJUSTICES NOR PRIVILEGES.

Article 6.- The Reformist Social Cristian Party is identified by the vermillion red (colorado).

Article 7.- The flag of the Reformist Social Cristian Party is rectangular shaped, six feet long by four feet wide [2:3], vermillion red coloured, and with the emblem described in article 4 of the current etatutes, embroidered or printed at the centre.

Paragraph: Whenever considered convenient, the size of the flag can be modified, bearing always the proper proportions [2:3] and, in case of need, may not bear the emblem.

Aveledo Coll, 18 Aug 2000, quoting from the party statutes

This flag, which I saw in photographs of the recent presidential race in the Dominican Republic, had the same proportions as a standerad PRSC flag, in vermillion red, and, instead of the emblem of the Reformist Social Cristian Party, the bore an effigy of former president and candidate Joaquin Balaguer, and some mottos. The only one I saw distincly (somo might have had different mottos, some had only Dr. Balaguer’s effigy) read: "ˇADELANTE REFORMISTAS!/ LA PATRIA SOMOS TODOS/ BALAGUER PRESIDENTE 2000" ("go forward, reformists!/ we all are the Motherland / Balaguer for president 2000"). This flags was definitely mass used and, given the prominence of Dr Balaguer over his party, you might call take it as official.
Aveledo Coll, 18 Aug 2000

The flag of the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano is green (Slogan: «ˇVota verde!», «Vote green!»), on which a white lying lozenge with a lying green machete, of which the point is directed at the fly; on the lemmet: PRSC in white. The small flag of the party-supporters were wholly green!
Jaume Ollé and Jarig Bakker, 09 Oct 1999