VOA标准英语2009年-ZANU-PF Official Accuses EU of Undermining

A senior ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has accused the European Union of undermining the power sharing agreement with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The charge follows the first visit to Zimbabwe by senior EU officials since the European body imposed targeted sanctions seven years ago.
　
Patrick Chinamasa (File photo)

A high-ranking official in President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, was quoted Monday in the government-owned Herald¹ newspaper as saying the European Union was undermining the one-year-old agreement that led to Zimbabwe's unity² government.

Chinamasa was also quoted as saying that the EU appeared biased³ and had accepted without question the opinions of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change.

An EU delegation⁴ concluded a two-day visit to Zimbabwe Sunday during which they met separately with both leaders. It was the first such visit since the EU imposed targeted sanctions following controversial elections in 2002.

A member of the delegation, Swedish Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson, described the talks as open and frank. She said the EU supports the unity government but she also called for speedier implementation⁵ of democratic reforms.

"And one of the things that this government is expected to do, the sooner the better, is to make a new constitution, a constitution that has broad support within Zimbabwe so that they can go to proper and fair elections," Carlsson said.

Mr. Tsvangirai accuses ZANU-PF officials of preventing full implementation of the Agreement and of continuing a campaign of violence and arrests of MDC members.
　
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (R) speaking with Swedish Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson, member of an EU delegation to Zimbabwe, 12 Sep 2009

Mr. Mugabe accuses the prime minister of failing to obtain the removal of the sanctions which he says are hurting the Zimbabwean economy and people.

Officials say the Zimbabwean president reiterated⁶ this complaint to the EU delegation.

But EU Aid Commissioner⁷ Karel de Gucht disagreed, noting that the measures were primarily a ban on travel and a freeze of assets in Europe of senior Zimbabwean officials involved in human rights abuses.

"We made it very clear that these sanctions, as he is calling them, have no impact on the common people, that these are restrictive measures toward specific persons and specific companies and that this is a matter that has to be resolved in the process of the political dialogue and this, now, is certainly not the moment to lift them," de Gucht said.

He said relations with Zimbabwe had entered a new phase but added that they will not be normalized until the Global Political Agreement is fully⁸ implemented⁹.

Mr. Tsvangirai expressed support for constitutional reform Sunday in the southern city of Bulawayo at a rally marking the tenth anniversary of his party.

"We need to make sure that the constitutional reform process is back on line, back on rail, and moving in terms of the timeline that we have set for ourselves," Tsvangirai said.

But the former opposition¹⁰ leader said the MDC would no longer tolerate violations¹¹ of the power sharing accord and what he termed "violations of the law".

1 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

2 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

3 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

4 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

5 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

6 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

7 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。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

10 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。

11 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。