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131 印度尼西亚总统为政治妥协设定最后期限
Wahid Sets Deadline for Political Compromise
Patricia Nunan
Jakarta
9 Jul 2001 11:54 UTC
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has set a 1)deadline for lawmakers to drop their impeachment drive against him. He is now promising to make good on his threat to declare a state of emergency and call new elections unless lawmakers back down on attempts to remove him by July 20.
Indonesian President Wahid says attempts by lawmakers to 2)impeach him are a threat to the nation and illegal. Mr. Wahid warns that if lawmakers try to 3)unseat him, then the nation will be in danger, Parliament will be frozen, and elections will be held a year early.
The president has made these statements before, but in a new twist Monday he set July 20 as a deadline to find a political 4)compromise.
Mr. Wahid spoke at a news conference, after top political leaders 5)embarrassed him by failing to turn up at a meeting he called in the town of Bogor, outside Jakarta, the capital. Among those he had asked to attend was his former ally, Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who would replace Mr. Wahid if he is forced from office. Aides to Ms. Megawati say there was no political 6)motive behind her failure to appear at the meeting, only a conflict in scheduling. But she has repeatedly failed to attend government meetings in recent months.
President Wahid faces impeachment proceedings on August 1, when Indonesia's highest 7)legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly, meets in a special session. Lawmakers who want Mr. Wahid removed from office charge that he is involved in 8)corruption, and has 9)mismanaged the country.
Indonesia's attorney general has cleared President Wahid of all corruption 10)allegations by the country's attorney general. But allegations of erratic decision-making and ineffective leadership still plague Indonesia's first democratically-elected president.
(1) deadline[5dedlaIn]n.最终期限
(2) impeach[Im5pi:tF]vt.[律]控告, 检举, <主美>弹劾, 怀疑
(3) unseat[Qn5si:t]vt.使从马上摔下, 使失去资格
(4) compromise[5kRmprEmaIz]n.妥协, 折衷v.妥协, 折衷
(5) embarrass[Im5bArEs]vt.使困窘, 使局促不安, 阻碍, 麻烦
(6) motive[5mEJtIv]n.动机, 目的adj.发动的, 运动的
(7) legislative[5ledVIslEtIv]adj.立法的, 立法机关的n.立法机关
(8) corruption[kE5rQpF(E)n]n.腐败, 贪污, 堕落
(9) mismanage[mIs5mAnIdV]vt.处置失当, 办错
(10) allegation[AlI5^eIF(E)n]n.主张，断言, 辩解
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