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According to Wikipedia, "The Maldivian parliament voted unanimously for the creation of a multiparty system on June 2, 2005. [...] Prior to this ruling, political parties were not allowed under the Maldivian legal system."
The registered parties are:
- the Maldivian Peoples' Party (Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party, DRP)
- the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP)
- the Justice Party (Adhaalath Party, AP)
- the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)
Olivier Touzeau, 30 May 2007
Former (left) and current (right) flag of the Parliament - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 10 May 2007
Quoting Xavier Romero-Frias:
The first flag of the Majlis was designed at the beginning of the 1980s and it reflects the strong Islamization drive of the ruling elite at that time. The white disk had in it a verse from the Koran in bold black Thuluth Arabic lettering. This flag was a typical product of those years, when the Maldive government was promoting Islam with vehemence and intensity.
The flag was changed when a new building was built for the Citizens' Majlis in 1999. The new flag did away with the Arabic lettering.
Olivier Touzeau, 10 May 2007
Members of Parliament's flag (reconstruction) - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 September 2002
Crampton (1990) [cra90f] describes the flag of the Members of the Parliament as "a green pennant with a white crescent and star".Željko Heimer, 30 September 2002
Flag of the DRP - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 30 May 2007
The party's chairman is the current President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The flag, as seen on the party website is blue with the party emblem in white (and not in full colors) and the letters DRP below.
Olivier Touzeau, 30 May 2007
Flag of the IDP - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 31 May 2007
Several photos of the IDP flag can be seen on the party's website gallery. The flag is red with a white emblem, made of the letters IDP and five white stars below.
Olivier Touzeau, 31 May 2007
Flag of the AP - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 31 May 2007
On the party website, a video (no longer online) shows the party flag as green with a white emblem.
Olivier Touzeau, 31 May 2007
Flags of the MDP - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 2 June 2007
The flag of the MDP is shown on the party website as yellow, either with the emblem of the party in blue or with the emblem and the letters MDP in black.
Olivier Touzeau, 2 June 2007