[編譯] 迦納新總統宣誓就職
非洲 西非 加納 Accra(阿克拉)
Ghana Inaugurates New President
Tax law professor John Atta-Mills is Ghana's new president. The former
opposition leader won a closely-contested election to succeed outgoing
President John Kufuor.
Ghanaians started arriving at Accra's Independence Square before dawn to find
a spot to see the inauguration of their new leader. It is the second time in
a decade that Ghana has peacefully passed power between its two largest
political parties.
稅法教授John Atta-Mills艾塔米爾茲(中央社翻譯)是新任的總統，這位前反對黨
領袖在激烈的選戰中，贏得選舉，在即將卸任總統的John Kufuor之後就任。
迦納人前往阿克拉的獨立廣場，希望能在就職典禮中找到地方來看看這位新任總
統，這是十年內迦納第二次在國內兩大政治勢力中和平轉移政權。
Mr. Atta-Mills won election in his third try at the presidency, withstanding
two rounds of voting and a special election in a single constituency to
defeat ruling-party rival Nana Akufo-Addo by fewer than 41,000 votes out of
more than nine million ballots cast.
Chief Justice Georgina Woode administered the oath of office to the
64-year-old tax law professor who was dressed in a local kente cloth of the
national colors - red, green and yellow.
艾塔米爾茲在第三度參選之後終於獲勝，經過兩輪投票後，在總投票數九百多萬票
中，以四萬一千票擊敗了執政黨候選人Nana Akufo-Addo。
大法官Georgina Woode所帶領的宣誓小組將給艾塔米爾茲穿上傳統的kente服裝，
搭配代表國家的顏色，紅、綠、黃
President Atta-Mills then raised the symbolic State Sword and Ghana's
military provided a 21-gun salute.
Mr. Atta-Mills not only captured the presidency but led his party to big
gains in parliament, ending the ruling party's legislative majority by
winning 114 of the 228 seats in Ghana's parliament. The new legislature also
took office Wednesday, electing Ghana's first female speaker, former Supreme
Court justice Joyce Bamford-Addo.
President Atta-Mills is a former national tax commissioner who served as vice
president to Jerry Rawlings who came to power in a coup 27 years ago. Mr.
Rawlings introduced some economic and political reforms before handing power
over to President Kufuor in 2001.
Mr. Atta-Mills is from Ghana's central region. He studied law at London's
School of Oriental and African Studies and at Stanford Law School in
California as a Fulbright scholar. He is an avid swimmer and played on
Ghana's national field hockey team. He and first lady Ernestina Naadu Mills
have a 19-year-old son.
艾塔米爾茲來自迦納中部，曾在倫敦讀書，並在美國加州史丹佛法學院教書。
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