2007年VOA标准英语-Senegalese Court Certifies President Wade's Re-

By Kari Barber
Dakar
11 March 2007

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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade

Senegal's highest court has certified² a first-round victory by incumbent³ President Abdoulaye Wade in last month's presidential election, dismissing complaints of irregularities by two of his challengers. Kari Barber has more from VOA's Dakar bureau.

Senegal's Constitutional Council has announced that Mr. Wade officially took nearly 56 percent of the vote in the election two weeks ago.

The court rejected appeals by opposition⁴ leaders, including Socialist⁵ Party candidate Ousmane Tanor Dieng. Dieng finished third in the election.

Dieng has complained of voters casting multiple ballots⁶, people using voting cards that were not their own and refugees from neighboring countries coming into Senegal to vote.

A spokesman for Dieng's party, Mamadou Barry, says the high court has historically sided with the president.

"There has been a history of the court taking the side of the president. We have seen that many times," said Barry. "We just wanted to go legally and see what the response of the court would be, but we are absolutely not surprised. But we are disappointed."

International observers say the election was held in a generally satisfactory manner. They say there were some irregularities, but none were serious enough to affect the outcome of the vote.

Barry says the results may be finalized⁷, but the political battle is not over for his party.

"The Constitutional Court battle is finished, but the political battle is not finished," he said. "We still have elections ahead for the House of Parliament, so we are going to be fighting to get the majority there."

The opposition Socialist Party ruled Senegal politics for decades before Mr. Wade came to power.

Spokesman with Mr. Wade's party Abdourahmane Ndiaye says Senegal's electoral process is well organized, and leaves no room for fraud.

"There is nothing irregular in this election. They know it," said Ndiaye. "The media was there in the election process from the registration⁸ to the proclamation of the results. All the candidates had their delegates at all the stages. It is unthinkable."

Ndiaye says that, as Mr. Wade stated in his victory speech last week, opposition leader and second-place candidate Idrissa Seck will be investigated on accusations⁹ that he stole money from the state while he was in government. Seck spent more than half a year in jail related to a corruption¹⁰ probe, but was released before the election.

Senegal is widely viewed as one of the most peaceful and stable democracies in West Africa. Mr. Wade, in his eighties, is to serve a five-year term in the nation, where a lack of employment opportunities has caused a wave of thousands of would-be illegal migrants each year to strike out in rickety canoes headed for Spain's Canary Islands.

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

3 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

4 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。

5 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。

6 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 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？

9 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。

10 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。