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242 印尼副总统竞选激烈
Indonesia Holds Tight Race for Vice President
Patricia Nunan
Jakarta
26 Jul 2001 07:11 UTC
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly has elected a new vice president. Muslim-based party leader Hamzah Haz will join President Megawati Sukarnoputri in governing Indonesia until 2004. It was a 1)tight race involving several rounds of voting.
Legislators applauded Thursday as Indonesia's Assembly speaker announced Hamzah Haz as the new vice president.
It was a tight race. With five candidates originally in the running, Mr. Haz was elected a day later than expected. Late Wednesday, the assembly called a second-run off vote between Mr. Haz and Akbar Tanjung - his 2)competition from the former ruling Golkar political party.
Haz, 61, is the leader of the 3)conservative Muslim "United Development Party." He resigned from the Cabinet of former President Abdurrahman Wahid in 1999 because of 4)allegations of 5)corruption.
Analysts say the election of Mr. Haz may help swing support more behind President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Members of Mr. Haz's party were among some of the more conservative lawmakers who had objected to having a woman president when Ms. Megawati made a leadership 6)bid in 1999.
The assembly elevated Ms. Megawati from the position of vice president to president on Monday to replace Abdurrahman Wahid, who was 7)dismissed for alleged corruption and 8) mismanagement.
(1) tight[taIt]adj.绷紧的, 紧密的,困难的adv.紧紧地
(2) competition[kRmpE5tIF(E)n]n.竞争, 竞赛
(3) conservative[kEn5s:vEtIv]adj.保守的, 守旧的n.保守派
(4) allegation[AlI5^eIF(E)n]n.主张，断言, 辩解
(5) corruption[kE5rQpF(E)n]n.腐败, 贪污, 堕落
(6) bid[bId]vt.出价, 投标n.出价, 投标v.支付
(7) dismiss[dIs5mIs]vt.解散, 下课, 开除, 解职vi.解散
(8) mismanagement n.办错, 管理不善
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