97 人权组织谴责巴基斯坦选举不公

97 人权组织谴责巴基斯坦选举不公

Human Rights Group Criticizes Pakistani Election
Jon Tkach
Islamabad
3 Jul 2001 16:08 UTC

A human rights group in Pakistan is criticizing Monday's 1)municipal elections as unfair, saying they were 2)fraught with widespread problems and poor planning. The statement comes amid reports that thousands of women were 3)barred from voting in the country's conservative rural areas. As many as 20 million people in 29 districts across Pakistan were 4)eligible to vote in Monday's municipal elections.
They were taking part in the fourth phase of 5)polls to choose local 6)councils, the first elected bodies in the military government's plan to return civilian¹ rule to the country.
The country's Supreme² Court has given military leader General Pervez Musharraf until October of next year to hold national elections - and he has said he needs the time to clean up Pakistan's 7)notoriously corrupt³ and 8)inefficient political system.
Government officials say Monday's voting went smoothly⁴ despite violence on the eve of the polls in the port city of Karachi.
But Hina Jilani, of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, says her group's observers again saw widespread problems. "Because where there was so much confusion, where there are so many people who have not been able to exercise their right to vote and where there has been very visible lack of preparation - these elections cannot be considered fair," she said.
Ms. Jilani says 9)discrepancies in voting lists and missing ballots⁵ at polling sites across the country kept many people from casting their votes. She also says thousands of women in the country's rural areas were barred from voting by local elders and religious authorities.
The head of the election commission, Tewfiq Fehmi, 10)concedes that many women failed to vote in Monday's election. "That is true to to some extent. But we cannot do anything about it," he said. "This is part of the culture of the area."
He says it is not clear that they were physically⁶ barred from voting, and that many may have simply chosen not to go to the polls.
But Ms. Jilani says local leaders use 11)intimidation to keep women away from the polls.
Her group has called on the election commission to 12)fix the problems and hold new elections in areas where women were 13)allegedly barred from voting.

(1) municipal[mju:5nIsIp(E)l]adj.市政的, 市立的, 地方性的
(2) fraught[frC:t]adj.充满...的
(3) bar[bB:(r)]n.条,栅, 障碍物vt.禁止, 阻挡
(4) eligible[5elIdVEb(E)l]adj.符合条件的, 合格的
(5) poll[ pEJl ]n.选举之投票, 民意测验v.投票, 获得选票
(6) council[5kaJns(E)l]n.政务会, 理事会, 委员会, 参议会
(7) notorious[nEJ5tC:rIEs]adj.声名狼籍的
(8) inefficient[InI5fIF(E)nt]adj.效率低的, 效率差的
(9) discrepancy[dI5skrepEnsI]n.相差, 差异, 矛盾
(10) concede[kEn5si:d]vt.勉强, 承认, 退让vi.让步
(11) intimidation胁迫
(12) fix[fIks]vt.使固定, 修理, 准备vi.决定, 选定, 确定n.困境, 方位, 贿赂
(13) allegedly[E5ledVIdlI]adv.依其申述

 

1 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

4 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

5 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。