2006年VOA标准英语-Bangladesh Ruling Party Faces Defections Ahead
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
26 October 2006
In Bangladesh, the ruling party has been hit by political defections just as it gets ready to hand over power to a caretaker administration ahead of national elections. The ruling party is also locked in a bitter confrontation 1 with the main opposition 2 party.
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Former president Badruddoza Chowdhury waves to cheering supporters after the announcement of the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006
More than a score of politicians including several lawmakers defected from the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party Thursday and launched a new party, after accusing the government of widespread corruption 3.
The newly formed Liberal Democratic Party includes senior leaders of the ruling party and three former ministers. Oli Ahmed, a leader of the breakaway group, says the new party will challenge the two main parties that have dominated Bangladesh's political landscape.
The desertions came a day before Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was due to hand over power to a caretaker administration at the end of her five-year term. Under Bangladesh's constitution, an interim 4 government will take charge of the country and hold elections within three months.
An independent political analyst 5 in Dhaka, Ataus Samad, calls the new party "a fringe group," but says it could adversely 6 affect the re-election chances of the Bangladesh National Party, or the BNP, as it is popularly known in Bangladesh.
"We have to see how much support they get, but the point is that the amount of support they will be able to take away from BNP threatens BNP's election prospects," he said.
The defections are not the only political problem confronting the BNP. It is also locked in a bitter confrontation with the main opposition Awami League over how the forthcoming polls should be organized, and who should head the new caretaker government.
Bangladesh opposition activists 7 walk towards the headquarters during a protest in Dhaka, May 9, 2006
The Awami League is unhappy over the government's choice of a former chief justice, K.M. Hasan, as head of the interim administration. The opposition calls Hasan a "ruling party" stooge and says it cannot expect a government headed by him to hold free and fair elections.
The two sides held several rounds of talks this month on the issue, but failed to reach a consensus 8.
The Awami League has already called on its supporters to join massive street demonstrations 9 if the government goes ahead and appoints Hasan, raising fears that Bangladesh may be headed for days of violent political protests.
- We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
- After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
- 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。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。