Spanish PM denies corruption allegations

 　　MADRID, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday denied that he and other members of his Popular Party (PP) had received illegal cash payments hidden from tax authorities.

　　The accusations¹ were "false," Rajoy said at the PP headquarters in Madrid.

　　"I have never received nor distributed 'black money,'" he said in a speech broadcast on TV.

　　"I did not come into politics to earn money. I have lost money. I am in politics to change things," he said, implying that he has not considered resigning over the accusations.

　　"If anyone thinks that I am going to shrink away as a result of this harassment², then I have to say they are wrong," said Rajoy, adding that he would make his tax declarations public over the internet next week.

　　The prime minister also denied his party had maintained bank accounts in Switzerland and said accusations of illegal payments to various PP members were "infamous³."

　　He made it clear that his party would decide how to defend itself against the attack he said was aimed at destabilizing it.

　　"This government has a route and is not going to turn from it. I am saying that because we are on the right track. I know that we haven't seen the fruits of that yet, but we will see them, because the seeds have been sown and with a great deal of order," said Rajoy.

　　Leader of the left-wing Izquierda Unida party Cayo Lara on Saturday asked Rajoy to resign. Head of the Socialist⁴ (PSOE) party Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba and the parliamentary spokesperson of the PSOE, Soraya Rodriguez said Rajoy's explanation was insufficient⁵.

　　The scandal first broke with the discovery of a Swiss account of 22 million euros (30 million U.S. dollars) belonging to former PP Treasurer⁶ Luis Barcenas and accusations that he made illegal payments to PP members.

1 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。

2 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

3 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

4 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

5 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

6 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。