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By Bill Gasperini
Moscow
26 December 2006


Turkmenistan's top legislative 1 body says a presidential election will be held on February 11 to select a successor to longtime authoritarian 2 leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died last week. The People's Council will also select candidates for the election, amid opposition 3 protests. Bill Gasperini has more for VOA from Moscow.


The date was decided 4 during an extraordinary gathering 5 of the People's Council, which is made up of 2,500 members including tribal 6 and clan 7 leaders from around the former Soviet 8 republic.






Turkmenistan Deputy Prime Minister Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (24 Dec 2006)


Turkmenistan Deputy Prime Minister Gurbangaly Berdymukhamedov (24 Dec 2006)



Acting 9 President Gurbungali Berdymukhamedov had earlier announced that the election will be held "on a democratic basis laid by the great leader", a reference to the late Saparmurat Niyazov.


The 66-year-old former Communist boss died last week of a heart attack after ruling the mostly desert nation for over 20 years.


The eccentric leader established an extraordinary personality cult 10 around himself and ruthlessly suppressed an opposition.


And there was little sign during Tuesday's council meeting that much had changed.


Turkmen opposition figures who have long lived in exile say they intend to return and want to field their own candidate.


However none has been able to cross the border into Turkmenistan so far.


Turkmenistan has only one legal political party and Acting President Berdymukhamedov is seen as likely to win the February vote.


He has long served as deputy prime minister. But within hours of Mr. Niyazov's death, Mr. Berdymukhamedov announced he would become acting president even though the constitution states the parliament speaker should do that.


Instead, the parliament speaker has had a criminal case opened against him, giving rise to speculation 11 of an internal power struggle in the isolated 12 nation of five million.


Dzhmurad Kyamov, who works with the Organization for Human Rights of the Turkmen People, says change can only come if outside powers such as the United States, European nations or even Russia put pressure on the current leadership.


The stakes are high given that Turkmenistan has vast reserves of oil and especially natural gas.


The country also has a strategic position in Central Asia, sharing borders both with Iran and Afghanistan.



n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
n./adj.专制(的),专制主义者,独裁主义者
  • Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
  • The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。
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。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派
  • She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
  • The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以,中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书,但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
学英语单词
a-bromdiethylacetylurea
aegis
alamo'o
amplitude half adder
arriving draft
automatic telescope
back number
beautified
brass standard
breaking of rest period
Brosimum
bullet perforating gun
business enterprice
calcaneo-metatarsal ligament plantar ligament of tarsus
compound-turbine
conical drum hoist
cooperative research
dalcas
data hierarchies
declutters
dianthranilic acid
document of passenger transportation
duplexer of wave-guide system
enigmatise
episulfoniums
external student
favored with
Festuca pseudovina
fibrous texture
filter-press action
freehold of office
friction effect
Girard Bay
girk
give sb a sound slating
handkerchief lawn
hemorrhoid-dispersing injection fluid
hexagon nut with collar
Hoarusib
hydroperoxidases
hyperventilators
impellor
innocent xis
input form
input ramp
insaturation
inspection of arms
inter-faiths
interpretatitive program
invested capital
ITB
j.i.s.(japanese industrial standard)
Jarmen
jeupardy
just J
karyotypical
kathrada
kinaki
knocked-down in carload
lieutenant commander
lithium sulphide
manometer differential
martime satellite
maximum temperature of a capacitor
mechnaically-operated nozzle
misnumbered
mockbirds
modern dance
mouthings
nineteenfold
norbrook
outer edge of the platform
Pachaug
panaeolus solidipes
Paraisópolis
Pchelarovo
pressed work
prigging
primary characteristic
prolixt
pusillum
rami anteriores nervorum thoracalium
recovery of premises
resolution limit
s-shaped harrow
securities transfer agent
semi-natural language
sidewipe
sizoo
slotting end mill
spring out of
stopen
subcones
substitutional defect
syndrome of lingering heat
table money
tunnelling research
unheer
user-friendly interface
water-soluble gum
web-servers
william menningers