VOA标准英语2009年-Mauritanian Opposition Rejects Constitutio
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Political opponents of Mauritanian President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz say they will continue to fight against the results of a vote that they say was fraudulent. The country's Constitutional Council says the Aziz victory stands.
General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (File)
Mauritanian opposition 1 leaders are calling out their supporters to demonstrate Saturday against what they say was a "hijacked 2 election."
In a written statement, opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah called on all Mauritanians to reject what he calls this new coup 3 d'etat and engage in all forms of democratic struggle to defend the rights of the free choice of the governed, their liberty, their dignity, and the stability of the country.
He praised what he says is the courage of Electoral Commission Chairman Sid Ahmed Ould Deye, who resigned Thursday saying opposition complaints have "sown doubts" in his mind about the reliability 4 of the election.
Mauritania's Constitutional Council had no such doubts.
Mauritanian opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah (File photo)
Council President Abdellahi Ould Ely Salem says the constitutional court validated 6 the results of Saturday's vote because opposition allegations of electoral fraud were too vague and offered no proof to challenge the Aziz win.
Salem says observers from each of the candidates campaigns signed the vote totals submitted by each polling station. The council's legal advisors 7, the Independent Electoral Commission, and the Interior Ministry 8 all concluded that the vote was valid 5.
The Council's decision can not be appealed, leaving the opposition little choice for further action outside of public demonstrations 9.
Nouakchott University law professor Nema Ould Ahmed Zidane says the opposition's refusal to accept the Constitutional Council's decision has no legal basis and is purely 10 political.
The European Union says opposition allegations of electoral fraud "should be properly investigated" by Mauritania "in accordance with national law and international standards." But that leaves the inquiry 11 in the hands of the incoming Aziz administration and is far short of opposition demands for an independent international investigation 12.
A soldier stands guard as women wait in line to cast their vote for president, outside a polling station in central Nouakchott, Mauritania, 18 Jul 2009
Observers from the African Union and Arab League say the vote was fair. Former colonial power France says there were no major anomalies. The Arab Democracy Foundation found partisan 13 electoral officials among several irregularities it reported, but none that it said would affect the final outcome.
Official results say Aziz won more than 52 percent of the vote, making last year's coup leader this year's president without a second round of voting in which Daddah and National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir had vowed 14 to unite against him.
Aziz toppled Mauritanian's first freely-elected leader last August. He then changed the constitution to allow military reservists to run for political office before resigning his commission to declare his candidacy.
Aziz supporters say the former general will be inaugurated as president next week.
- 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 plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
- The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
- We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
- I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。
- His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
- Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？
- Time validated our suspicion. 时间证实了我们的怀疑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The decade of history since 1927 had richly validated their thesis. 1927年以来的十年的历史，充分证明了他们的论点。 来自辞典例句
- The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
- This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
- The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。