非洲—布基纳法索总统龚保雷的获胜激怒反对派

Burkina Faso's Compaore Claims Victory,

Angers Opposition¹

布基纳法索总统龚保雷的获胜激怒反对派

 

Opposition candidates also say there was fraud, but that it's impossible to prove, accusing Mr. Compaore of having what they call a "well-oiled system" of cheating.

 

His campaign manager Mafarma Sanogo denies this. She also says it's normal Mr. Compaore's team is claiming victory since they have tabulated³ their own results.

 

Mrs. Sanogo: The declaration of my candidate was based on data we had from the voter offices because in all the vote offices, our party, we had a lot of representatives who worked to give us quickly the result.

 

International observers, led by the African Union, said the voting was peaceful, orderly and apparently⁴ clean. But a lawmaker from Sierra Leone, Daouda Souleiman Camara, says he was surprised by the lack of enthusiasm.

 

Mr. Camara: I did not find that here. I do not know whether this should be attributed to the fact that there is no money but my understanding, in the country where I come from Sierra Leone, we don't have money also, but campaign time is a period of open activity, when people are encouraged to meet and talk and discuss, play, and dance, and promote the interests of the candidate they support, that was largely absent here.

 

Even though there were a dozen candidates on the ballot⁵, Mr. Compaore is largely expected to win outright⁶ in the first round. He has ruled since a coup⁷ in 1987 and a new constitutional two-term mandate⁸ is not being applied⁹ retroactively.

 

A resident of the capital Ouagadougou, Abdoulaye Gandema, says Mr. Compaore also benefited from a disproportionate financial advantage.

 

Mr. Gandema: I think it's really shocking what is happening here in terms of financial means because the gap between Mr. Compaore and the rest of the candidates is huge, it's incredible and I just can't tell.

 

Mr. Compaore's team says he benefited from internal and outside aid, because they say he is so popular. Other West African leaders have accused him of backing rebellions, a charge Mr. Compaore repeatedly faces and denies.

 

Early official results are expected to start coming in Thursday.

 

Nico Colombant, VOA News, Abidjan.

 

注释：

tabulate² [5tAbjuleit] vt. 把……列出来

apparently [E5pArEntli] adv. 显然地

Sierra Leone [5siErE li5Eun] n. 塞拉利昂

enthusiasm [in5Wju:ziAzEm] n. 狂热，积极性

attribute to 归因于

coup [ku:] n. 政变

mandate [5mAndeit] n.（书面）命令，指令

retroactively [retrEu5Aktivli] adv. 逆动地，追溯地

disproportionate [7disprE5pC:FEnit] adj. 不成比例的，不相称的

1 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。

2 tabulate   

v.列表，排成表格式

参考例句：

• It took me ten hours to tabulate the results.我花了十个小时把结果制成表格。
• Let me tabulate the results as follows.让我将结果列表如下。

3 tabulated   

把（数字、事实）列成表( tabulate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Results for the test program haven't been tabulated. 试验的结果还没有制成表格。
• A large number of substances were investigated and the relevant properties tabulated. 已经研究了多种物质，并将有关性质列成了表。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

6 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

7 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 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。

9 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。