2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Presidential Nominations Filed as Cour

By Daniel Schearf
Islamabad
27 September 2007

Nominations² have been filed for candidates in Pakistan's October presidential election. The Supreme³ Court has ordered the government to release opposition⁴ party leaders and their supporters detained in the past few days. The court also is set to rule on whether Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf can run for re-election while remaining chief of the military. Daniel Schearf reports from Islamabad.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other government leaders nominated President Pervez Musharraf for re-election Thursday. Despite challenges in the Supreme Court over his eligibility⁵, Mr. Aziz expressed confidence that Mr. Musharraf would be re-elected.

"It's a historic day for Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf is the candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League and its allies, and we are fully⁶ confident that he will succeed," Aziz said.

For a second week, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments from petitioners⁷ who say General Musharraf's bid for president is unconstitutional and he should first give up his position as chief of the military. The president has said he will give up the post, but only if he wins re-election.

Mr. Musharraf has lost considerable support since his attempt to fire the chief justice in July  and the mass street demonstrations⁸ it sparked.

Police blocked main roads into Islamabad Thursday, and security forces surrounded the Supreme Court to prevent a repeat of those protests.

However, more than a hundred lawyers made it to the court to support the nomination¹ for president of former Supreme Court Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed.

Ahmed is widely respected for choosing to resign rather than swear allegiance to Mr. Musharraf's government after he took power in a 1999 coup⁹.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, or PPP, nominated senior party member Makhdoom Amin Faheem for president.

Supporters of both opposition candidates have said they will withdraw from the race if the Supreme Court allows Mr. Musharraf to run for president while in uniform. The court is expected to make a decision on Friday.

Also Thursday, the chief justice ordered the release of all political party activists¹⁰ currently detained.

Police in the past week have arrested more than 100 opposition leaders and supporters, saying they might stir up trouble. The detentions¹² underscore accusations¹³ that Mr. Musharraf's government has become increasingly authoritarian¹⁴.

Information Minister Tariq Azim says the government will comply with the release order.

"Those who were put under preventive detention¹¹ … I presume this applies to them. And, they should be released shortly…. We will abide¹⁵ by the decision of the courts," Azim said. "We have the highest respect for decisions made by the Supreme Court."

However, earlier this month, Mr. Musharraf's government ignored a Supreme Court ruling and deported¹⁶ former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a few hours after he returned to Pakistan to mount a challenge to Mr. Musharraf's rule.

Mr. Sharif's party supports former Justice Ahmed's candidacy, and is leading an alliance of legislators who have vowed¹⁷ to resign from office if Mr. Musharraf is allowed to run for president.

The resignations probably would not prevent Mr. Musharraf's re-election.  His ruling party says he has enough support in the legislature to win.

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

5 eligibility   

n.合格，资格

参考例句：

• What are the eligibility requirements? 病人被选参加试验的要求是什么？ 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
• Eligibility for HINARI access is based on gross national income (GNI). 进入HINARI获取计划是依据国民总收入来评定的。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 petitioners   

n.请求人，请愿人( petitioner的名词复数 )；离婚案原告

参考例句：

• Petitioners suggest that anything less than certainty, that any speculation, is irresponsible. 申诉者认为不准确的事或推断都是不负责任的。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The judge awarded the costs of the case to the petitioners. 法官判定由这起案件的上诉人支付诉讼费用。 来自辞典例句

8 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• 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。

9 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• 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。

10 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

12 detentions   

拘留( detention的名词复数 )； 扣押； 监禁； 放学后留校

参考例句：

• Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
• Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓，拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。

13 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

14 authoritarian   

n./adj.专制(的)，专制主义者，独裁主义者

参考例句：

• 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。

15 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。

16 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。