2007年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Ruling Party Official Seeks End to Ele
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
Abuja
30 September 2007
A Nigerian ruling party official says the legal challenge against President Umaru Yar'Adua's election is a distraction 1 and should be dropped. From the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the two leading opposition 2 presidential candidates have come under pressure to withdraw their suits.
The lawsuits 3 by former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari and ex President Atiku Abubakar seek a court annulment 4 of last April's presidential election. The opposition candidates say the vote was rigged in favor of their main rival, President Umaru Yar'Adua.
All three candidates are Muslims from the north of the country.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party national executive member, Abdullahi Jalo, says the overall political interest of the homogenous 5 north would best be served by the discontinuation of the legal challenge to Mr. Yar'Adua's election.
"The mounting pressure on Buhari and Atiku, it is our culture. We the northerners, we are one family," said Jalo. "We do not want people to infiltrate 6 us. This is our culture in the north. We do not fight against ourselves. If we quarrel, we go and sit down and settle. That is the position."
April's polls marked the first democratic handover of power from one elected president to another in Africa's most populous 7 country.
But fraud, violence and intimidation 8 were so widespread election monitors dismissed the process as a charade 9.
European Union observers said the elections "fell far below basic international standard" and were not "credible 10."
Analysts 11 say Mr. Buhari and Mr. Abubakar have resisted pressures, intimidation and frustrations 12 to pursue their challenge and would likely see the process through to the every end.
Mr. Buhari's spokesman Osita Okechukwu says the former military ruler is keen to expose the electoral fraud in the interest of Nigeria's democracy.
"The issue is not about the north. It is about democracy, the sanctity of the ballot 13 box, the people's inalienable right to elect their leaders and not the imposition of leadership," said Okechukwu. "The world cannot be wrong that the April election was flawed. Nobody can wish it away. We have implicit 14 confidence in the judiciary."
President Yar'Adua has acknowledged the election was flawed but said he believed he had the mandate 15 of the Nigerian people.
He also set up a 21-member panel to reform Nigeria's electoral system.
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
- 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。
- Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
- I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句
- The annulment caused a profound impression in Japan. 同盟的废止，在日本发生了强烈的反响。 来自辞典例句
- Law An annulment acquittal; dismissal, of a court order. 取消，宣告无罪；法院命令的撤销。 来自互联网
- Japan is a wealthy,homogenous,developed nation with a stable political system.日本是一个富裕的同质型发达国家，政治体制稳定。
- My family is very homogenous and happy.我们这个家庭很和睦很幸福。
- The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
- It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
- London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
- China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
- You must not refine too much upon this charade.你切不可过分推敲这个字谜。
- His poems,despite their dignity and felicity,have an air of charade.他的诗篇虽然庄严巧妙，却有猜迷之嫌。
- The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
- Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？
- 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 temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
- Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。