250 瓦西德在任的最后日子

250 瓦西德在任的最后日子

Wahid's Last Day in Office
Patricia Nunan
Jakarta
26 Jul 2001 20:21 UTC

Indonesia's ousted¹ president, Abdurrahman Wahid, has left the Presidential Palace and is en route to the United States. The former leader had battled for months to keep power and 1)maintains that lawmakers 2)violated the Constitution by removing him from power Monday. Although he says he will not launch a 3)legal battle to contest the presidency², Mr. Wahid says he is still not ready to give up public life.
There was a 4)carnival atmosphere at the park in front of Indonesia's Presidential Palace where ousted President Abdurrahman Wahid went to greet his followers³ Thursday, before setting out for the United States. Roughly 2,000 Wahid followers turned out to say farewell to the Muslim 5)cleric who became Indonesia's first 6)democratically elected president.
Mr. Wahid told the crowd that he is going to the United States for medical tests. He has suffered several strokes and has other serious conditions, including 7)diabetes.
Mr. Wahid's health is just one 8)factor involved in a 9)complicated week of political 10)maneuvering, the culmination⁴ of a six-month power-struggle. He had been struggling to hang onto power since February, when lawmakers first 11)censured him for alleged⁵ 12)corruption⁶.
Although Mr. Wahid was cleared of corruption charges by Indonesia's attorney-general, lawmakers continued to pursue him for alleged incompetence⁷.
Before his departure, Mr. Wahid said his real mistake was to misjudge the power of what he called political opportunists. "I was wrong in my estimates of the politicians quote-unquote 13)backbone," he said.
The former president blames members of the once-powerful old-guard of the Indonesian Armed Forces, whom he accuses of seeking to protect their own interests by undermining his effort at democratic reform. "Because the 14)hawks within the Armed Forces would like to impose status quo and so they use they use the quarrels within the politicians to set up their own - say, rule," said Mr. Wahid. "So which I think would slide little by little, to the old way."
Not everyone agrees. According to some 15)analysts⁹, Mr. Wahid made a number of mistakes - including choosing members of his own family to serve as his closest 16)advisers. Political analyst⁸ Dewi Fortuna Anwar says, "That means he's very dependent on those around him for information. And because Abdurrahman Wahid has had two strokes, one could imagine that those nearest and dearest to him would not want to deliver the really harsh and bad news to him because it might really damage his health."
The beginning of the end of the Wahid presidency came last week, when lawmakers moved up a special session of the People's Consultative Assembly to consider impeachment¹⁰. Mr. Wahid reacted by ordering soldiers and police to 17)disband the assembly. But the security forces refused to obey, leaving the president looking weak, isolated¹¹ and not very democratic.
But Greg Barton, a biographer and loyal friend of Mr. Wahid, defends the former president. "If he was really serious about being an authoritarian¹² president, he did a lousy job of it - because he could have cut deals with the military, he could have cut deals with the former regime people," he said. "[But] when it came to the final hour, he went ahead with this 18)decree to say what we really need is fresh elections."
Mr. Wahid says that Monday's events in which lawmakers voted to replace him with his own vice¹⁴ president is bad news for Indonesia's democratic reform Movement.
Mr. Wahid had warned for months that attempts to remove him were likely to spark violence and 19)chaos. But the dramatic political events this week did not bear this out.
Minutes before his departure in the central Jakarta part, Mr. Wahid urged his followers to use peaceful means to vent¹³ their anger at the way he was forced from power. "Democracy is going to 20)flourish without violence and he will return to Indonesia to help see that it does," he said.
After the political drama he just went through, Mr. Wahid says he knows one thing for certain: he will never 21)resume his friendship with his former deputy, Megawati Sukarnoputri. He has also suggested that if he was not able to survive Indonesia's 22)turbulent politics, there is no way that the untested Ms. Megawati would be able to. Sour grapes perhaps, on the part of a 23)deposed leader. But analysts say Ms. Megawati should bear in mind that politics is a fickle¹⁵ business, and the enthusiasm that brought her to power may not last long.

(1) maintain[meIn5teIn]vt.维持, 维修, 继续, 供养, 主张
(2) violate[5vaIEleIt]vt.违犯, 亵渎(圣物), 冒犯, 干扰, 违反
(3) legal[5li:^(E)l]adj.法律的, 法定的, 合法
(4) carnival[5kB:nIv(E)l]n.狂欢节, 饮宴狂欢
(5) cleric[5klerIk]n.牧师, 传教士adj.牧师的
(6) democratically adv.民主地, 民主主义地
(7) diabetes[daIE5bi:ti:z]n.[医] 糖尿病, 多尿症
(8) factor[5fAktE(r)]n.因素, 要素, 因数, 代理人
(9) complicated[5kRmplIkeItId]adj.复杂的, 难解的
(10) maneuver[mE5nu:vE(r)]v.机动n.机动
(11) censure[5senFE(r)]v.责难n.责难
(12) corruption[kE5rQpF(E)n]n.腐败, 贪污, 堕落
(13) backbone[5bAkbEJn]n.脊椎, 中枢,支柱, 意志力, 勇气
(14) hawk[hC:k]n.鹰vi.放鹰, 像鹰一般地袭击vt.捕捉, 咳出,散播
(15) analyst[5AnElIst]n.分析家, 分解者
(16) adviser n.顾问
(17) disband[dIs5bAnd]v.解散, 裁减
(18) decree[dI5kri:]n.法令, 政令, 教令v.颁布
(19) chaos[5keIRs]n.混乱, 混沌(宇宙未形成前的情形)
(20) flourish[5flQrIF]vi.繁荣,兴旺, 处于旺盛时期vt.挥动, 夸耀n.茂盛, 繁荣
(21) resume[rI5zju:m; (?@) -5zu:m]n.摘要, 履历vt.再继续, 重新开始,恢复
(22) turbulent[5t:bjJlEnt]adj.狂暴的, 吵闹的
(23) depose[dI5pEJz]vt.免职, 废(王位)vi.宣誓作证

 

1 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

2 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

3 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

4 culmination   

n.顶点；最高潮

参考例句：

• The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
• It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 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。

7 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

8 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。

9 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。

10 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

11 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

12 authoritarian   

n./adj.专制(的)，专制主义者，独裁主义者

参考例句：

• Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
• The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。

13 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

14 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

15 fickle   

adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的，不坚定的

参考例句：

• Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
• The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。