VOA标准英语2010年-Ivorian PM Soro to Announce New Govern

Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (R) and President Laurent Gbagbo (L), 15 September 2009 (file photo)

Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is expected to announce a new government this week, and Ivorian opposition¹ leaders continue to call for the resignation of President Laurent Gbagbo, who has dissolved the government and the independent electoral commission. 

After dissolving the government and independent electoral commission Friday, President Laurent Gbagbo called for Prime Minister Guillaume Soro to announce a new government Monday, but the prime minister's spokesman, Sindou Méité, said the process will most likely take longer.

He says the president wants this process to move quickly, but the prime minister will probably not be ready to announce a new government, complete with names, until the end of the week.  He says the prime minister will most likely meet with the president Monday or Tuesday to discuss a new format² for the government that he says will give hope to Ivorians, which he says means a smaller government.

The government was composed of more than 30 ministers from all political parties and rebel factions³.

A coalition⁴ of opposition parties, which includes main opposition candidates Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedié, says it no longer recognizes President Laurent Gbagbo as the country's head of state and will not take part in the new government.

The opposition accused Mr. Gbagbo of staging a coup⁵ Friday when he dissolved the government and independent electoral commission.

Ouattara and Bedie met in Abidjan to discuss the situation.  Leaving that meeting, coalition spokesman Alphonse Djédjé Mady said the opposition will not negotiate with the prime minister until the original electoral commission is reinstated.

Mady says to get Ivory Coast to elections by end the March, the opposition believes the electoral commission should be reinstated to continue its work.  He says they do not want a new electoral commission of a different size.

In early February, an Ivorian tribunal confirmed evidence of "fraud" in the voter list being prepared for the upcoming poll.  Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo had accused electoral commission head Robert Mambé of approving a voter list that contained almost half a million foreigners and called for Mambé's resignation.

President Gbagbo has asked Prime Minister Soro to propose a format for a new electoral commission within the next week.

The presidential poll is an attempt to find a lasting⁶ political solution to nearly a decade of internal conflict in the once stable West African nation, but it has been pushed back several times since President Gbagbo's mandate⁷ ran out in 2005. Opposition members continue to accuse President Gbagbo of stalling the elections to remain in power.

A 2007 peace agreement created a transitional power-sharing government with Mr. Gbagbo remaining president while former rebel leader, Guillaume Soro, became prime minister.

Last week, Prime Minister Soro suspended the voter registration⁸ process over fraud allegations and election-related violence in the western part of the country.

The question of who can vote and who is really Ivorian was at the heart of the civil war in 2002 and remains⁹ sensitive in Ivory Coast, which has a large immigrant population.

The New Forces, made up of former rebels in northern Ivory Coast, warn that the election controversy¹⁰ could plunge¹¹ the country back into civil war.  They are expected to meet Tuesday in Bouaké to release a statement on the situation, and observers wait to see whether the New Forces will pull out of the transitional government.

There continue to be protests and demonstrations¹² around the country, and the government has increased numbers of Ivorian security forces in the capital city, Abidjan.

After meeting Monday with Prime Minister Soro, U.N. Special Representative to Ivory Coast Young Jin-Choi urged Ivory Coast to preserve the progress it has made in the electoral process, including the provisional voter list, and release a definite voter list as soon as possible.

 

1 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。

2 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

3 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 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。

6 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

7 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

8 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

9 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

11 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

12 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。