2006年VOA标准英语-Nigerian President Asks Parliament to Impeach V
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Gilbert da Costa
Abuja
07 September 2006
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is asking the senate to begin impeachment 1 proceedings 2 against his vice 3 president. The president has written to the senate Thursday, providing details of a corruption 5 investigation 6 allegedly involving the vice president.
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Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sent an impeachment request to the senate, accompanied by a report, accusing his vice president, Atiku Abubakar, of fraud.
Analysts 8 see the investigation as part of Mr. Obasanjo's plan to control who succeeds him in elections next year, which should mark the first democratic handover of power in Nigeria since independence from Britain in 1960.
Mr. Obasanjo cannot run again because the senate in May rejected a proposed amendment 9 to the constitution, which would have let him run for a third term. Abubakar lead the campaign to stop the amendment.
He subsequently began his own campaign for the presidency 10.
Abubakar has denied any wrongdoing, and said he has no intention of resigning his office.
Senators are expected to debate the matter next week.
Tokunboh Afikuyomi, a senator from Lagos, says he does not believe the president can get the necessary support in the senate required for impeachment.
"If he wants it to be an impeachment process, he is supposed to start from one-third of members. That is not the case now. So, I really don't know what we are supposed to do now. If you look at the rules of the senate, if you look at the constitution of Nigeria, there is no provision for what is happening. So, I really don't know," he said.
Political observers are warning that Nigeria's fragile democracy could come under tremendous pressure, if the president pushes for impeachment of his deputy.
Maxi Okwu, a lawyer and political analyst 7 in Abuja, says the president may not get the two-third vote in the national assembly to remove Abubakar, and that the animosity between the two men can only worsen in the coming days.
"It is going to be a very, very ugly situation, where the vice president and the president are openly fighting themselves," he said. "Government will be bogged 11 down, government will be affected 12, personalities 13 in government will be sort of trying to dance between the two predators 14, and a lot of mud-slinging will go on. Government secrets will be channeled to the media, for exposure. So, it is a very unhealthy development."
Mr. Obasanjo has won international acclaim 15 for a high-profile war on graft 16 in one of the world's most corrupt 4 countries. But critics at home say he uses it to persecute 17 political foes 18.
The ruling People's Democratic Party last week adopted guidelines that would force candidates to pass a so-called integrity test before registering for the party's primaries in December.
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
- This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
- 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。
- 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。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- 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。
- The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
- The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech. 教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The tractor is bogged down in the mud. 拖拉机陷入了泥沼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
- Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
- birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
- The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
- His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。
- I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
- The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。
- They persecute those who do not conform to their ideas.他们迫害那些不信奉他们思想的人。
- Hitler's undisguised effort to persecute the Jews met with worldwide condemnation.希特勒对犹太人的露骨迫害行为遭到世界人民的谴责。