Candidate for mayor demands a re-count

时间：2006-12-13 01:22:06

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Dec.11 - Taiwan's main opposition1 party yesterday contested its candidate's razor-thin defeat in the weekend mayoral election in Kaohsiung, the island's second largest city.

 

Huang Jun-yin of the Kuomintang said he had requested a re-count of the nearly 800,000 ballots3 cast in the southern industrial city. Huang lost by only 1,114 votes to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's Chen Chu.

 

The Kaohsiung District Court has sealed off ballot2 boxes from all of the city's 839 polling stations to prepare for a re-count, judge Chen Chia-hui said.

 

He did not say when the re-count would start.

 

Huang also accused the ruling DPP of violating election law by making a false accusation4 against him on the eve of the election. He may file another suit to nullify the election results, Huang said.

 

The DPP accused Huang's campaign workers of handing envelopes containing NT$1,000 (US$31) to people on a bus returning from his final election rally, an accusation repeatedly aired by several pro-DPP cable news stations on Saturday.

 

"This was a vote short of justice or fairness," Huang said.

 

In Taipei, the KMT's Hau Lung-bin beat the DPP's Frank Hsieh. But Hsieh's showing he garnered5 almost 41 per cent of the vote was far better than the DPP's expectations.

 

The two mayoral elections had been seen by many as a referendum on "president" Chen Shui-bian's corruption6 tainted7 rule, but the relatively8 satisfactory election results could take pressure off the leader.

 

On November 3, prosecutors9 indicted10 Chen's wife and three former aides on charges of embezzling11 14.8 million New Taiwan dollars (US$450,000) from a special fund under "presidential" control.

 

They said Chen could face the same charges when his "presidential" immunity12 from prosecution13 lapses14 after his term ends in May 2008.

 

Taiwan's opposition People First Party Chairman James Soong, who ran as an independent candidate in the Taipei polls, announced on Saturday he will retire from politics after receiving 53,281 votes, or 4.1 per cent of the total. Soong said he would accept the choice of Taipei's people and retire from politics. Although his votes ranked third, Soong fell far behind Hau and Hsieh. He conceded defeat before the last votes were counted.

 
 

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1 opposition eIUxU     
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 ballot jujzB     
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
参考例句：
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
3 ballots 06ecb554beff6a03babca6234edefde4     
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》
4 accusation GJpyf     
n.控告，指责，谴责
参考例句：
  • I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
  • She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。
5 garnered 60d1f073f04681f98098b8374f4a7693     
v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句
6 corruption TzCxn     
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 tainted qgDzqS     
adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
参考例句：
  • The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
  • He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
9 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
10 indicted 4fe8f0223a4e14ee670547b1a8076e20     
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
11 embezzling 1047ebe52d9fa01687627a4cf0bc4cc7     
v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Accordingly, object embezzling waste to be carried temporarily the schedule of administration. 因此，反对贪污浪费就提上了临时中央政府的议事日程。 来自互联网
  • Some were sentenced for taking bribes, others executed for embezzling funds. 有的因受贿而被判刑，有的因侵吞公款而被判处死刑。 来自互联网
12 immunity dygyQ     
n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权
参考例句：
  • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
  • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
13 prosecution uBWyL     
n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营
参考例句：
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
14 lapses 43ecf1ab71734d38301e2287a6e458dc     
n.失误，过失( lapse的名词复数 )；小毛病；行为失检；偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 )；陷入；倒退；丧失
参考例句：
  • He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
  • He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里，惊慌失措，恶劣的莫名其妙的动作，各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句

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