VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyzstan Opposition Forms Interim Gover

Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva says Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov has resigned, parliament has been dissolved, and she will lead the new government.

Jessica Golloher | Moscow 08 April 2010

Opposition¹ leader Roza Otunbayeva gesture during a news conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 08 Apr 2010

Kyrgyzstan's opposition has proclaimed an interim² government to replace the administration of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.  At least 65 people were killed in violent protests that forced the president to flee the capital, Bishkek.

 

The opposition coalition³ announced a new interim government for Kyrgyzstan and said it would rule until elections are held in six months.

Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva says Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov has resigned, parliament has been dissolved, and she will lead the new government. 

Speaking from a parliament building, Otunbayeva demanded the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has fled the capital.

"Certainly we want to locate him and we want to negotiate with him, negotiate just regarding the resignation not about other things," she said. "And so the appeal like now, ex-speaker appeal that he should resign - his business is finished in Kyrgyzstan and so all those people who have been killed and who got wounded they are victims of this regime."

Otunbayeva says the new government controls four of the seven provinces in the former Soviet⁴ republic.  She says Kyrgyzstan's armed forces and border guards support the new government.

Otunbayeva says if President Bakiyev tries to take on the interim government it will react. "I think we will see how the dynamics⁵ of these events will go.  If President Bakiyev will continue to do such destructive actions, then we will react," she said.

The collapse⁶ of the Bakiyev government  follows days of riots between demonstrators and police in several cities.  The demonstrators say they are upset over rampant⁷ corruption⁹, nepotism¹⁰ and rising prices. 

About one third of Kyrgyzstan's 5.3 million people live below the poverty line.

Witnesses say demonstrators entered the government building after President Bakiyev fled, and smashed computers, threw papers and waved the country's flag.

An unidentified protester described the situation. He says Bakiyev's administration is corrupt⁸ and the criminal government robbed their people.  He says that is why the people started this protest, no one told them to do so, they did it themselves, and they took power without help of the political opposition.

Otunbayeva also said a U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan that supports military operations in Afghanistan will remain open.
 

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 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

5 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

6 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

7 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

8 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。

9 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。

10 nepotism   

n.任人唯亲；裙带关系

参考例句：

• The congressman lashed the president for his nepotism.国会议员抨击总统搞裙带关系。
• Many will regard his appointment as the kind of nepotism British banking ought to avoid.很多人会把他的任命看作是英国银行业应该避免的一种裙带关系。