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In the 1960 a left-wing liberation movement called MOLINACO (Mouvement de Libération Nationale des Comores - Comoros
National Liberation Movement) was established.
According to Calvarin [clv02],
its flag was horizontally divided black-green-blue with four stars in the
canton. According to Lux-Wurm [lux01],
MOLINACO was in exile in Zanzibar; the colours refer
thus to the Zanzibar’s Afro-Shirazi
Party.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
Proportions 2:3. Horizontal black-green-blue. Four white 5-pointed stars
at upper hoist. Note: The successive Comoros national
flags retained only the stars and the green colour from this design.
Ivan Sache, 27 Mar 1998
Smith [smi76] and the Brockhaus
Enzyklopädie (supplement 1976)
[bro76] shows the stars forming a
square, whereas M. Corbic
[crbXX] reports the stars arranged in a
diagonal pattern. According to
Lux-Wurm [lux01],
the stars on the flag were sometimes arranged in an arc
of a circle.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002 and 18 Jul 2002
Image reconstructed after written description by Lux-Wurm
[lux01]
Ivan Sache, 05 Apr 2003
According to Lucien Philippe
[phi02a],
PASOCO used a red flag with a yellow crescent and four yellow stars placed
in a diamond pattern on the right of the crescent.
Ivan Sache, 18 Jul 2002
CHUWA used a flag similar to the 1975 Comorian
national flag (horizontally divided red-green, 2:1) but with a thicker
crescent and the four white stars placed vertically (Source:
[phi02a]).
Ivan Sache, 18 Jul 2002
Is there a connection between this party and the
1975-1978 Comorian regime?
António Martins, 02 Dec 2005
The Front Démocratique is a left-wing political party based
in Moroni. I’ve never heard of them having a flag, though, and I know
the leader of the FD fairly well (he was my neighbour for two years).
They have a branch in Mayotte.
Iain Walker, 14 Feb 2000