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Permanent Commission for Important National Dates (Dominican Republic)

Comisión Permanente de Efeméridas Patrias (República Dominicana)

image by Randy Young, 24 May 2019

Description
About the Commission

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External link:

CPEP website (in Spanish)

Description

The flag of the Comisión Permanente de Efemérides Patrias can be seen in a few photographs online, such as http://cpep.gob.do/eventos-pasados/ofrendas-florales-natalicio-francisco-del-rosario-sanchez/ and in the background at https://sellosdominicanos.blogspot.com/2019/02/matasellos-mes-de-la-patria-2019.html. The Commission's flag features the official logo centered on a white field. The logo shows the capital letters "CPEP" alternating red-blue-red-blue, with a small Dominican Republic national flag (without the central coat of arms) waving between the "C" and the first "P." Beneath the colorful acronym is the commission's name, spelled out in two lines of black capital letters.
Randy Young, 24 May 2019

About the Commission

The Comisión Permanente de Efemérides Patrias (CPEP) is an agency of the government of the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure what the proper translation of the name would be, but it's the Permanent Commission that's responsible for identifying and promoting important dates and events in the country's history. CPEP was formed on 25 January 1997 as a result of Decree No. 36-97. The Commission carries out its functions through partnerships with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, the Duartiano Institutue, and the Museum of the Dominican Resistance, while the Commission also often collaborates with academic institutions like the Dominican Academy of History and the General Archive of the Nation. According to the Commission's website, "CPEP seeks to ensure that no important date goes unnoticed by citizens."
Randy Young, 24 May 2019