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By Greg Flakus
Mexico City
01 December 2006


In spite of threats by leftist lawmakers, Felipe Calderon went before the Mexican Congress Friday to take the formal presidential oath of office as required by the constitution.  As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Mexico City, the action of the new president carries symbolic 1 importance beyond the legal formalities.


 
Lawmakers scuffle as one uses a chair to try to block an access at the National Congress, 1 Dec 2006


In the hours before the scheduled oath of office ceremony, the lower house of the Mexican Congress was the scene of fist fights and shoving matches between members of the ruling National Action Party (PAN) and members of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) who had announced their intention to block the entrance of the new president.


Some political figures had raised the possibility of moving the ceremony to some other location to avoid conflict, but political analysts 2 agreed that this would have been a sign of weakness on the part of the new leader that could have been exploited by his opponents.


Calderon and outgoing President Vicente Fox arrived at the podium in the House of Deputies at the appointed hour, and Calderon recited the oath.


 
Mexican President Felipe Calderon touches his heart after being sworn in at the National Congress during his inauguration 3 ceremony
Immediately after the oath, President Fox passed the red, white and green presidential sash to Mr. Calderon.  There was a mixture of applause and boos from the Congress, but, in the end, the House of Deputies speaker called for everyone to sing the national anthem 4, and the scene returned to relative calm.


Mexican legal experts issued varying opinions on what would have happened, if the PRD had succeeded in preventing Mr. Calderon's entrance. 


The constitution calls for the new president to take the oath before a joint 5 session of Congress, but Mr. Calderon had already assumed de facto power in an unprecedented 6 midnight ceremony at the presidential residence, known as Los Pinos, in a joint appearance with the outgoing president.  There, Mr. Calderon swore in Cabinet members, who form his national security team, and then delivered an address to the nation.


He acknowledged what he called the "complexity 7 of the political situation," but he said he and the opposition 8 must put aside their differences for the good of the country.


Earlier on Friday, the former presidential candidate of the PRD and other leftist parties, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, rallied supporters, in an effort to impede 9 Mr. Calderon's inauguration.  He won the July 2 presidential election by about half a percentage point ahead of Lopez Obrador, who immediately called the process fraudulent. 


Although a review of the election by the Mexican Federal Election Tribunal found no evidence of fraud, Lopez Obrador and his supporters have continued their protests, and he recently declared himself the "legitimate 10 president."


But Friday's events made clear who holds real power in Mexico. Mr. Calderon has the support of the armed forces and the entire federal bureaucracy, plus all the privileges of the presidential office.  Public opinion polls indicate that more than 85 percent of Mexicans accept Mr. Calderon as the legitimate president.



adj.象征性的,符号的,象征主义的
  • It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
  • The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
n.圣歌,赞美诗,颂歌
  • All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
  • As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上,唱起了国歌。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
adj.无前例的,新奇的
  • The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
  • A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
n.复杂(性),复杂的事物
  • Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
  • The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
v.妨碍,阻碍,阻止
  • One shouldn't impede other's progress.一个人不应该妨碍他人进步。
  • The muddy roads impede our journey.我们的旅游被泥泞的道路阻挠了。
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
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a looney
absense
additional capital
adeling
air refined steel
Allagernu
Altenfelden
Anemone quinquefolia
blast furnace wear check
brake-shoe gauge
capillary equilibrium level
car signal valve
cartilage cyst
cephalodactyly
character tables
cherry-red
ciaccio
conical cequiangular spiral antenna
constantinos
continues
Crotalaria dubia
curling
cylichnella kawamurai
d'hays
deflector nozzle
deformed bar reinforcement
del-operator
designer knitwear
development engineering
duplex paper machine
engineering decision
Epilobium hirsutum
epitheted
fhash alloy
fiber tract
filamentous bacteriophage
filter element of lubrication oil filter
Flacq, Pte.de
fracture of shaft of tibia and fibula
freight statistic
functional commission
get next to someone
glazed ceramic wall tile
hoberman
hoccleve
iccpr
interest rate subsidy
janousek
jecka
kelvins scale
key off
lean yarn
lexers
memory-management
Mendoza, R.
microwave sensor
modulaminous
Moulinex
Murdannia yunnanensis
night-crawler
nonphosphate
noospheric
o-propylphenol
official moisture regain
oily wastewater
old name
Oldenburg
overspecifies
Paikauliā
paparchies
Paul's treatment
persistent trend
philatelic forgery
post rider
prectoscopy
predecessoritis
primary sere
prize moneys
relative temperature index
schappe voile
seclusive type
shell protected egg
shortening condenser
Shotley Gate
South East Derbyshire
space travels
squamous epithelioma(epidermoid carcinoma)
submarine pit
sweet-salty
swertianolin
SYM
symmetrical input
take one's hook
teflons
Telinit
temple-going
toeout on turns
trench belt
verifier unit
volume of incoming and outgoing freights
whip-out
with the stream