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image by António Martins, 07 September 2007
The party flag has changed only in details (and perhaps not officially)
since 1993, at least.
António Martins, 10 September 2007
The symbol of U.D.T. is made up of the kaibauk, a traditional Timorese symbol of authority, topped by two typical eastern Timorese houses and four stars arranged in a half circle, representing the four parts of the territory and the lettering "UDT" arranged also in half circle in the bottom.
The flag of UDT consists of five colors arranged in two vertical stripes, being the height [of the flag] two thirds of its width. The left [dexter or hoist] vertical stripe uses one third of the flag’s total area and consists of two colors arranged as follows: Blue, which is the background for the kaibauk, uses the two upper thirds of the stripe, while yellow uses the remaining. The symbol of UDT in the flag is always gold. The right [sinister or fly] stripe uses the remaining two thirds of the flag’s total area and consists of three colors arranged horizontally: green in the upper third, white in the middle and red in the remaining lower third of the stripe.(Article 4 of the Statute of the Democratic Union of Timor (União Democrática Timorense), approved in Lisbon, 2-4 December 1993)
Note: The Portuguese version of this document (official version?)
used the word "estandarte",
while Portuguese for "flag" is usually
"bandeira".
António Martins, 16 September 1997
Both the image
at the ETAN site and the offcial 2007 elections leaflet
[t9l07] show a white door and window in each
house of the emblem, angular tips of the kaibauk feathers, denser stars
(with middle ones larger) and dark blue, yellow and red shades. The last two
differences are possibly artifacts, for the party flag regulation explicitly
prescribes bright/medium shades; he other differences are due to lack of
accuracy in the previous image, made from the said regulation.
The official Parliament
website shows our old image from this page, with round tips on the
kaibauk feathers.
António Martins, 07 September 2007
Recent (2007) sightings of this flag in actual use on photos hosted at the official party blog:
António Martins, 10 September 2007 and 12 September 2007
On
this
photo hosted at the official party
blog, an old small U.D.T. flag with only the horizontal tricolor part and
letters "UDT" in black sans capitals on the white stripe.
António Martins, 10 September 2007 and 12 September 2007
On
this
photo hosted at the official party
blog, the first party emblem, as of May 1974. No idea how it related to
flags. On
this
other photo, old U.D.T. membership card with Portuguese
national flag. These dating from 1974; belonged to old party member in
Gleno village. On
this
other photo, the current party emblem, as seen on the cover of its current
statues (2003).
António Martins, 10 September 2007 and 12 September 2007
In the 2007.06.02 elections U.D.T. got 3753
votes (0.90%), receiving no seats in the parliament.
António Martins, 07 September 2007
Most support in district Ermera with 918 votes (2,2%) in the
last election
J. Patrick Fischer, 12 September 2007
U.D.T. got 8581 votes in the 2001.08.30 elections
(2,36%), receiving 2 of 88 seats in the parliament. These results are very
unexpected, as U.D.T. is one of the oldest East Timorese parties and was
classically considered as #2 after Fretilin.
António Martins, 22 September 2001
U.D.T. is now #2 alright, but from the bottom.
António Martins, 10 September 2007
A new party, the Democratic Progressive League
is announced to have been created in June 2007 joining all six smaller parties
which received no seats in the Parliament. No news for now about an emblem or
flag.
António Martins, 10 September 2007
