英語聽力頻道為大家整理的普特英語聽力網(wǎng):馬杜羅將與卡普里萊斯競選委內(nèi)瑞拉總統(tǒng),供大家參考:)
Venezuelan opposition leader decides to run for president
Venezuela's opposition leader said Sunday that he agreed to be a presidential candidate of his coalition and will formalize his candidacy before the National Electoral Council.
Henrique Capriles made the decision after the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) coalition offered the candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in April, as required by the constitution after the death of President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday.
"I will fight with you, with you all. Nicolas, I'm not going to make way; you'll have to beat me to votes," he told reporters, challenging the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela's candidate, Nicolas Maduro, who is also the acting president after the death of Chavez.
"Still the country is in national mourning... I am impressed where things have come to our country," he said. "My fight is not to be president. My fight is for Venezuela to move forward."
Capriles has previously denounced the Supreme Court's ruling to allow Maduro to be sworn in as acting president and run for president without leaving his office as a constitutional fraud.
But the court argued that its verdict was made based on Article 233 of the Constitution, saying: "The executive vice president becomes acting president and ceases his previous post."
The National Electoral Council has set the date of the presidential election for April 14, with a pre-election campaign of 10 days to elect a successor to Chavez.
Capriles, governor of the central state of Miranda, lost to Chavez as a candidate of the MUD in last year's presidential election.
相關(guān)新聞:委內(nèi)瑞拉代總統(tǒng)馬杜羅10日宣布將于11日上午在國家選舉委員會正式注冊成為執(zhí)政黨的總統(tǒng)候選人。同日,現(xiàn)任米蘭達(dá)州州長卡普里萊斯宣布他將作為*聯(lián)盟候選人參加4月14日舉行的總統(tǒng)大選。
馬杜羅在發(fā)表電視講話時說,他將繼續(xù)委內(nèi)瑞拉已故總統(tǒng)查韋斯提出的一系列措施,并表示他必將在選舉中獲勝。此外,他還宣布今后每年的3月5日都將是查韋斯的紀(jì)念日。
卡普里萊斯隨后宣布他也將于11日晚些時間作為*聯(lián)盟統(tǒng)一候選人在國家選舉委員會正式注冊,并表示他將和馬杜羅“每票必爭”??ㄆ绽锶R斯在去年10月7日舉行的總統(tǒng)大選中獲得約45%的選票,負(fù)于前總統(tǒng)查韋斯。
委內(nèi)瑞拉前總統(tǒng)查韋斯當(dāng)?shù)貢r間5日下午病逝,副總統(tǒng)馬杜羅8日宣誓就職委內(nèi)瑞拉代總統(tǒng)。根據(jù)委法院決議,馬杜羅可以在不離職的情況下作為執(zhí)政黨統(tǒng)一社會主義黨的候選人參加即將舉行的大選。