非洲—塞内加尔前总理反击对其破坏安全罪的指控

Former Senegal Prime Minister Intends to

Fight Security Charges

塞内加尔前总理反击对其破坏安全罪的指控

 

The lawyer for former Senegalese Prime Minister Idrissa Seck says he believes charges of undermining state security against his client are politically motivated. Security forces remain on the streets of Senegal's capital, Dakar, and the town of Theis, after two days of demonstrations¹ in support of Mr. Seck.

 

The lawyer defending Idrissa Seck says his client is ready to fight allegations of corruption². Attorney Boukounta Diallo says he does not know why his client has been charged with the more serious allegation of threatening state security.

 

Mr. Diallo says his client is a political hostage jailed to satisfy the political ambitions of the chief of state, Aboulaye Wade³.

 

A former protégé of Mr. Wade, Mr. Seck was fired from his prime minister job in 2004 over allegations of rivalry⁴ with the president. He was taken into police custody⁵ 10-days ago, after announcing he wanted to be the candidate for the next presidential elections.

 

Mr. Seck also made public two recordings⁶, one after his arrest, that he says reveal conversations damaging to the president.

 

A West Africa analyst⁷ from the London-based Global Insight research group, Olly Owen, says that after having charged Mr. Seck, President Wade has no choice but to seek a conviction.

 

Olly Owen: He basically has to take him all the way to a conviction which will eliminate him from the political game, because the backlash against this if Seck is allowed to compete in the end is probably going to translate into a huge transfer of popularity to the former prime minister.

 

Mr. Seck's transfer to Dakar central prison after he was charged Saturday sparked clashes between Mr. Seck's supporters and police that ended Monday.

 

Senegalese journalist Oumar Gaye was recently in Mr. Seck's hometown of Theis and says the protests were violent, almost like a riot. He says the situation in the town remains⁸ tense, although protests in the capital, Dakar, have largely died down.

 

Oumar Gaye: Dakar is calm. Policemen are out on the streets holding their guns, but in Theis it is still tough. People are demonstrating and they are putting, you know, red ribbons, you know, on their hands so as to show they are not happy about the arrest of the former prime minister.

 

The government has accused Mr. Seck of spending more than 80-million dollars on a road-building program in Theis, when only about half the amount was budgeted.

 

Gabi Menezes, for VOA News, Abidjan.

 

注释：

motivated [5mEutiveitid] adj. 有根据的，有动机的

Dakar [5dAkE] n. 达喀尔，塞内加尔首都

corruption [kE5rQpFEn] n. 贪污

attorney [E5tE:ni] n.（美）律师

rivalry [5raivElri] n. 敌对

custody [5kQstEdi] n. 监管，扣留

conviction [kEn5vikFEn] n. 定罪

eliminate [i5limineit] vt. 排除，消除

backlash [5bAklAF] n.（政治或社会上的）对抗性反应

riot [5raiEt] n. 暴乱，骚动

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 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。

3 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。

4 rivalry   

n.竞争，竞赛，对抗

参考例句：

• The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
• He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

8 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。