206 瓦西德推迟与议会对质日期

Wahid Postpones Confrontation with Parliament
Patricia Nunan
Jakarta
20 Jul 2001 10:09 UTC

Indonesia's president appears to be backing off plans to declare a state of emergency seven hours from now, 1)postponing a 2)confrontation with Parliament. But with the president's history of conflicting statements, nothing is for sure. Lawmakers may still move to hold snap 3)impeachment hearings.
Officials close to President Abdurrahman Wahid say it is likely the president will not declare a state of emergency at the deadline he imposed for 1800 UTC local time Friday. Indonesia's top security minister, Agum Gumelar, says there will be no emergency 4)decree today. But he says the president will issue a type of warning instead.
Presidential spokesman, Wimar Witoelar, seemed less certain saying that they "don't yet know if that announcement will be made today."
The president appears now to be leaning toward waiting until July 31 to declare a state of emergency and to call snap elections, if 5)lawmakers do not abort August 1 impeachment hearings.
Political analyst Doug Rammage from the Asia Foundation says, if Mr. Wahid does not issue the emergency decree, it would be a political 6)defeat for him. "If he just issues a warning and is not able to issue a decree declaring a state of emergency, it would be seen as continued evidence of his 7)inability to force his will on the government and on the body politic," he says.
Assembly Speaker Amien Rais has thrown another wrinkle into the already confusing political situation. Mr. Rais says, if President Wahid goes through with plans to replace Indonesia's police chief, impeachment 8)proceedings would be called on Saturday.
National police chief General Suroyo Bimantoro has waged a test-of-wills with President Wahid, by saying he would not 9)enforce an emergency decree. President Wahid fired him. But the general refused to leave. The move also angered Parliament, which says that the replacement of top security officials must be approved by lawmakers.

(1) postpone[pEJst5pEJn]vt.推迟, 使延期, 延迟
(2) confrontation[9kCnfrQn`teIFEn]n.面对, 面对面, 对质
(3) impeachment n.弹劾, 指摘
(4) decree[dI5kri:]n.法令, 政令, 教令v.颁布
(5) lawmaker[5lC:meIkE(r)]n.立法者
(6) defeat[dI5fi:t]n.击败, 战胜, 失败vt.击败, 战胜,挫折v.击败
(7) inability[InE5bIlItI]n.无能, 无力
(8) proceeding[prE5si:dIN]n.行动, 进行
(9) enforce[In5fC:s]vt.强迫, 执行, 坚持, 加强