230 印尼拉开副总统竞选帷幕

230 印尼拉开副总统竞选帷幕

Indonesia: Battle for the Number Two Job
Patricia Nunan
Jakarta
25 Jul 2001 19:06 UTC

Indonesia's national assembly has delayed the election of a vice 1 president to serve with President Megawati Sukarnoputri after two rounds of voting failed to produce a winner. Ousted 2 president Abdurrahman Wahid is preparing to leave for medical treatment in the United States.
The battle for the vice-presidency 3 of Indonesia has turned into a tight race. The two remaining 1)contenders are Muslim party leader Hamzah Haz and Parliament speaker Akbar Tanjung.
The field was narrowed from five 2)candidates to two Wednesday. But with proceedings 4 dragging on late into the night, the third round of voting was 3)postponed. The assembly is due to return Thursday to settle the issue.
Analysts 5 say the election of Mr. Haz, leader of the Islamic United Development Party, could help attract other Islamic parties within the Assembly to a coalition 6 with President Megawati Sukarnoputri. In the past, Islamic parties have 4)reacted coolly to the idea of a woman president because it is not in keeping with Islamic 5)tradition.
Mr. Haz's rival for the vice presidency, Mr. Tanjung, represents Golkar the party that 6)dominated Indonesian politics for more than 30 years under former President Suharto. Many ordinary Indonesians might be angered to see the Golkar party return to government because it is associated with Mr. Suharto's authoritarian 7 rule. But Golkar is the second largest party in parliament, as such could be a powerful force either for or against the Megawati government.
The Assembly elected Ms. Megawati president on Monday after 7)ousting Abdurrahman Wahid. Mr. Wahid had ordered troops to dissolve the Assembly which had been meeting to consider his 8)impeachment.
Security forces refused to follow the order, sealing Mr. Wahid's fate.
The ousted leader at first refused to leave the presidential palace for two days, then announced that he would travel to the United States to seek mmedical treatment at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore.
The 61-year-old Mr. Wahid says he is going on the advice of his doctors, who fear that the stress of the past week could 9)trigger another 10)stroke. Mr. Wahid has a history of strokes, and is also 11)diabetic and nearly blind.
Mr. Wahid says he still believes 12)legislators removed him from office in an unconstitutional manner. But he says he will not launch a formal challenge to the Megawati presidency.

(1) contender[kEn5tendE(r)]斗争者,竞争者
(2) candidate[5kAndIdEt; (?@) 5kAndIdeIt]n.候选人, 投考者
(3) postpone v.延期,缓办
(4) react[ri:5Akt]vi.起反应, 起作用, 反抗, 起反作用
(5) tradition[trE5dIF(E)n]n.传统, 惯例
(6) dominate[5dRmIneIt]v.支配, 占优势
(7) oust[aJst]vt.剥夺, 取代, 驱逐
(8) impeachment n.弹劾, 指摘
(9) trigger[5trI^E(r)]vt.引发, 引起, 触发n.板机
(10) stroke[strEJk]n.击, 敲, 报时的钟声, 打击vt.抚摸
(11) diabetic[daIE5betIk]adj.[医] 糖尿病的n.糖尿病患者
(12) legislator[5ledVIsleItE(r)]n.立法者