泰国选委会称新大选最早于7月举行

 　　BANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A new Thai election will be held in July at the earliest and in September at the latest, according to the Election Commission on Tuesday.

　　It remains¹ to be seen how soon the new nationwide polls will take place in Thailand following the ruling by the Constitutional Court last month that the Feb. 2 election, disrupted in part by anti-government protesters, was "null and void."

　　The caretaker government under acting² premier³ Yingluck Shinawatra will consult with the Election Commission about the new race to parliament for which a royal decree is yet to be issued.

　　Election Commission secretary general Puchong Nutravong said the polling agency offered three tentative choices of election date for the political parties which have intended to contest the nationwide polls to choose - July 20 or Aug. 17 or Sept. 14.

　　A total of 53 political parties, including the ruling Pheu Thai (for Thais) Party, core of the caretaker government, attended a meeting on Tuesday with the Election Commission at a hotel on the northern outskirts⁴ of the capital but they failed to reach consensus⁵ on the election date.

　　The opposition⁶ Democrat⁷ Party did not join the meeting between the political parties and the polling agency.

　　Democrat leader and former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva cited " security reasons" for the absence of himself and his party colleagues from the meeting as hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered outside the hotel on one side of Vibhavadi Rangsit road.

　　The protesters managed to hang a banner calling for "political reforms" ahead of the election inside the hotel room where the meeting was held and finally dispersed⁸. No untoward⁹ incidents were reported to have occurred to the protesters, however.

　　Nevertheless, results of Tuesday's meeting, albeit¹⁰ inconclusive, will be shortly informed to all the parties, including those which may have failed to attend, Puchong said.

　　It remains to be seen whether Yingluck who chaired a weekly cabinet meeting at a government premise¹¹ in Patum Thani province north of the capital might continue to contest the new election or not following recent comments reportedly made by her brother, former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, that all members of his family, including the lady leader, might leave politics for good.

　　"I have not been attached to any position in government and I will not set preconditions for anything... Let the people decide for themselves," Yingluck said but did not elaborate when asked by reporters to respond to the comments made by Thaksin who has remained in self-exile overseas since the 2006 coup¹².

　　Meanwhile, the polling agency and the caretaker government are believed to hold talks on the issue next week with the latter said to prefer July 20 as the date for the next election, according to Pheu Thai party spokesman Prompong Nopparit.

　　Election Commissioner¹³ Somchai Srisuthiyakorn earlier commented that the new election might be held either on July 20 or July 27 so that winning electoral candidates could be officially ratified¹⁴ by the polling agency in August, parliament might reconvene in September and a post-election government be set up in October.

　　Former election commissioner Sodsri Satayatham advised that the caretaker government promptly¹⁵ issue the royal decree for the new election because Yingluck might possibly be no longer authorized¹⁶ to do so if she was judged by the Constitutional Court as guilty of having transferred a senior government official a few years ago and was consequently deprived of the legal status as acting premier.

　　"Previous elections were normally held in a matter of 45 to 60 days after parliament had been dissolved and the caretaker government needed no consult with the Election Commission about the election dates," said the former commissioner.

1 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。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

5 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

6 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。

7 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

8 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

9 untoward   

adj.不利的，不幸的，困难重重的

参考例句：

• Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.有些不幸的事件使我不能在这欢庆的时刻和你在一起。
• I'll come if nothing untoward happens.我要是没有特殊情况一定来。

10 albeit   

conj.即使；纵使；虽然

参考例句：

• Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的，但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。
• Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次，但他并没有气馁。

11 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

12 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。

13 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

14 ratified   

v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
• The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。

15 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

16 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。