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グルジアで無血クーデター
グルジアで、議会選挙をめぐり野党勢力が国会を占拠した事件で
11月23日、シュワルナゼ大統領が辞任した。野党による暫定政権は、1月4日に大統領選を行うことを決めた。
Opposition party takes over Georgian parliament, forcing president to resign
TBILISI (AP) - Georgia's parliament Nov. 25 called new presidential elections for Jan. 4 to find a replacement for ousted President Eduard Shevardnadze.
Interim president Nino Burdzhanadze, a key opposition figure, meanwhile, repealed the state of emergency that Shevardnadze had declared after protesters stormed parliament Nov. 22 over allegedly rigged elections.
The Nov. 2 elections selected a new parliament dominated by pro-Shevardnadze lawmakers. But when Shevardnadze tried to officially open the parliament, hundreds of opposition backers swarmed into the chamber and took over the building.
The next day, with tens of thousands in the streets of the capital, opposition leaders delivered the president an ultimatum: resign or the protesters would storm his house. Within an hour, Shevardnadze had resigned.
Shevardnadze said he was leaving office to avoid a bloodbath in a region steeped in violence. But by that time, some servicemen had joined the protesters and it was doubtful police and soldiers would have obeyed orders to use force.
Shevardnadze's resignation comes after a decade of mounting discontent and protests over corruption that has plagued the former Soviet republic during his reign.
Shukan ST: Dec. 5, 2003
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- replacement
- 後継者
- ousted
- 失脚した
- Interim
- 暫定の
- key opposition figure
- 野党指導者
- repealed the state of emergency
- 非常事態宣言を撤回した
- stormed
- 占拠した
- allegedly rigged elections
- 不正選挙疑惑
- backers
- 支持者
- swarmed into the chamber
- 議場に大挙して押し寄せた
- ultimatum
- 最後通告
- or 〜
- さもなくば〜
- bloodbath
- 流血の惨事
- 〜 steeped in violence
- 暴力がまん延する〜
- servicemen
- 軍人
- would have obeyed orders to use force
- 武力行使の命令に従ったかどうか
- mounting discontent
- つのる不満
- corruption
- 腐敗
- has plagued
- 悩ませてきた
- reign
- 政権