VOA标准英语2009年-Former Ivorian PM Declares Candidacy for P

By Anne Look
Dakar
13 October 2009

Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara declared his candidacy for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November.

 
Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Ouattara (file photo)
 
Filing his candidacy at the country's Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Ouattara, more commonly known as Ado, pledged to run a campaign of peace and reconciliation¹ and to work to bring Ivory Coast out of crisis.

Ouattara's name brings the list of presidential candidates to 12. He and former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bedie are the two primary challengers to President Laurent Gbabgo who declared his candidacy last week.

The November 29 vote has been postponed² several times since 2005. It is an attempt to find a lasting³ political solution to years of internal conflict in the once stable West African nation that is the world's top cocoa producer.

Civil war cut Ivory Coast in half in 2002, after rebels attempting to overthrow⁴ President Gbagbo took control of the northern part of the country.

Ivory Coast has a large immigrant population. Questions of nationality, particularly for residents in the northern part of the country, were divisive during the crisis and remain sensitive.

Ouattara, who is from northern Ivory Coast, was barred from elections in 1995 and 2000 because of questions about his nationality.

A new electoral code in 1994 and then a new constitution, passed in 2000, required presidential hopefuls to prove that both of their parents were born in Ivory Coast. It was rumored⁵ that Ouattara's mother came from Burkina Faso.

Issues surrounding his disqualification from the 2000 election contributed to the civil war. Thousands were killed in the conflict, and Ivory Coast, though now at peace, remains⁶ tense and fractured.

Voter registration⁷ issues, particularly issues of nationality and voter eligibility⁸, have prompted the country to push back the election several times since President Gbagbo's mandate⁹ ran out in October 2005.

The provisional voter list was published last week after a two-month delay. The 6.3-million name list must be agreed upon by voters and political parties. But with just 48 days before the poll, the provisional list has yet to be posted in the 11,000 polling stations so voters can check for their names.

Both Ouattara and Bedie continue to insist the Ivory Coast presidential elections take place as planned on November 29, but observers fear there is still too much work to be done and scrambling¹⁰ to make the deadline could result in a flawed poll.

1 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

2 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

3 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

4 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

5 rumored   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.传闻( rumor的过去式和过去分词 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句

6 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。

7 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？

8 eligibility   

n.合格，资格

参考例句：

• What are the eligibility requirements? 病人被选参加试验的要求是什么？ 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
• Eligibility for HINARI access is based on gross national income (GNI). 进入HINARI获取计划是依据国民总收入来评定的。

9 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

10 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》