VOA标准英语2010年-Ivory Coast to Reopen Voter Registrati

Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo (L) and Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore meet at the airport in Abidjan on 22 Feb, 2010 after Campaore arrived to act as a mediator¹ in Ivory Coast's political crisis

The U.N. Special Representative for Ivory Coast said Thursday that the country's political leaders will try to resolve a dispute over the electoral list by reopening voter registration² for another month.  The Ivory Coast's president this month dismissed the electoral commission because he said it was illegally registering voters.

There are many reasons why presidential elections in Ivory Coast have been postponed⁴ seven times since 2005.  But the biggest element common to all of the delays is the question of who should be allowed to vote.

President Laurent Gbagbo brought about the latest postponement⁵ by firing the electoral commission because he said it had illegally registered as many as 400,000 voters.  Mr. Gbagbo's political opponents accused him of trying to indefinitely postpone³ the vote and vowed⁶ not to join a new coalition⁷ government until the electoral commission is reconstituted.

But even with a new electoral commission, there remains⁸ the question of voter eligibility⁹.  The U.N. Secretary-General's Special Representative for Ivory Coast Y.J. Choi says the solution is to extend voter registration.

Choi says political leaders have agreed to reopen voter registration until March 21 with the goal of publishing a definitive¹⁰ electoral list by March 31. He says that will allow for a presidential election by the beginning of May.

Choi told reporters in Dakar that the delay in the electoral process is regrettable.  He said that since the start of the year, seven weeks have been lost, calling it "regrettable."  Choi said the delay has weakened the electoral dynamic in Ivory Coast, but that he is hopeful it will work now that the various political parties have agreed on a new government.

That new government still depends on the composition of a new electoral commission.  President Gbagbo's political opponents controlled the last commission, and members of his party's youth wing say they will stage protests to block a new commission, if it too is lead by the opposition¹¹.

The much-delayed vote is meant to reunite the country after a civil war in 2002 and 2003.  The former rebel group now represented in government says it will try to win the chairmanship of the new electoral commission.

 

1 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

2 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？

3 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

4 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

5 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。

9 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。

10 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

11 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。