VOA标准英语2009年-Analysts: Indonesian Presidential Victory

Unofficial results from the Indonesian presidential election indicate a landslide¹ victory for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The president and his opponents have said they will wait for the official results to be announced before declaring victory or conceding defeat. But independent surveys support the result and analysts² are already speculating on how this victory will change the landscape of Indonesian politics.
　
Indonesian presidential candidate and current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono salutes⁴ during a press conference at his residence in Cibubur, on the outskirts⁵ of Jakarta, 08 Jul 2009

As Indonesians wait for official results from The presidential election, analysts gathered at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Jakarta are already looking ahead. Despite claims of voter fraud from opposition⁶ candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri, they expect the official count will reflect the many independent surveys that give President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono more than 60 percent of the vote.

Although the election was not perfect, Anies Baswedan with Paramadina University says it was legitimate⁷ and the losing parties should get over it and concede, before the public sees them as obstructionist.

"Accept it. Salute³ the president. Move on. People respect you," he said.

He expects the losing political parties to undergo leadership changes but to contend again in future elections. But Baswedan says Islamic organizations, which opposed the president, must seriously re-evaluate their role in politics after failing to have much influence in the election.

"I think it is a historic moment in Indonesian politics in which Islam has always been seen as a major factor and today, I mean yesterday, we have seen that that is not the case," he said.

'One-man show' politics?

Nico Harjanto with the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the margin⁸ of victory and the presidential party's large number of seats in parliament will make the president, and not parliament, the center of power.

"I think in the future Indonesia will go back to the era of a one-man show politics, where the personalization and centralization of power will again happen in the hand of a president," said Harjanto.

However, he says there will still be checks and balances to the president's power. Although the president has a strong hand in parliament, he will still need to build and manage coalitions⁹ to pass his agenda.

Newspaper columnist¹⁰ and television public-affairs show host Wimar Witoelar says the landslide re-election signaled to the world that president's policies on foreign investment and ending corruption¹¹ will continue.

"The markets went up today," he noted¹². "Not because he won, but because the others lost."

He says the president will also have international credibility on global issues and to advance Indonesia's moderate Muslim image.

"Now he can, together with our Barack Obama, build a new world on tolerance¹³, on ethnic¹⁴ diversity and all the good things we have sought," said Witoelar.

Witoelar says President Yudhoyono's second term will be less cautious and more focused on building a lasting¹⁵ legacy¹⁶.

1 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

4 salutes   

n.致敬，欢迎，敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎，致敬( salute的第三人称单数 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
• A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句

5 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

6 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。

7 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

8 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

9 coalitions   

结合体，同盟( coalition的名词复数 )； （两党或多党）联合政府

参考例句：

• History testifies to the ineptitude of coalitions in waging war. 历史昭示我们，多数国家联合作战，其进行甚为困难。
• All the coalitions in history have disintegrated sooner or later. 历史上任何联盟迟早都垮台了。

10 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

11 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。

12 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

13 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

14 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

15 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。

16 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。