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发信人: candle ( 马 走 日), 信区: English
标 题: 叶利钦说。。。
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Tue Jan 4 14:36:54 2000), 转信
被一个政治人物的一段话感动
对他的印象也从此变的不同起来
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MOSCOW (AP)--The following is the full text of Russian President Boris
Yeltsin"s resignation announcement, made at noon (0900 GMT) Friday
in Moscow:
Dear Russians!
A very short time remains before a magical date in our history.
The year 2000 is approaching. A new century, a new millennium.
We have all tried on this date. We have pondered, beginning in
childhood, then having grown up, how old we would be in 2000,
and how old our mothers would be, and how old our children would be.
At some point, this unusual New Year seemed so faraway. Now this
day is upon us.
Dear friends! My dear ones!
Today I am turning to you for the last time with New Year
greetings. But that"s not all. Today I am turning to you for the last
time as president of Russia.I have made a decision.I thought
long and hard over it. Today, on the last day of the departing century,
I am resigning.I have heard many times that "Yeltsin will hang
onto power by any means, he won"t give it to anyone." That"s a lie.
But that"s not the point. I have always said that I would not
depart one bit from the constitution. That Duma (parliamentary)
elections should take place in the constitutionally established terms.
That was done. And I also wanted presidential elections to take place
on time - in June 2000. This was very important for Russia. We are
creating a very importantprecedent of a civilized,voluntary transfer
of power, power from one president of Russia to another, newly elected
one. And still, I made a different decision. I am leaving. I am leaving
earlier than the set term.
I have understood that it was necessary for me to do this. Russia
must enter the new millennium with new politicians, with new faces,
with new, smart, strong, energetic people.And we who have been in power
for many years already, we must go.Seeing with what hope and faith
people voted in the Duma(parliamentary)elections for a new generation of po
liticians,understood that I have completed the main thing of my life. Already,
Russia will never return to the past. Now, Russia will always move
only forward. And I should not interfere with this natural march
of history. To hold onto power for another half-year, when the cou
ntry has a strong man who is worthy of being president and with whom
practically every Russian today ties his hopes for the future? Why sh
ould I interfere with him? Why wait still another half-year? No, tha
t"s not for me! It"s simply not in my character!
Today, on this day that is so extraordinarily important for me, I
want to say just a few more personal words than usual. I want to ask
for your forgiveness.For the fact that many of the dreams we shared did
not come true. And for the fact that what seemed simple to us turn
ed out to be tormentingly difficult. I ask forgiveness for not j
ustifying some hopes of those people who believed that at one stro
ke, in one spurt,we could leap from the gray, stagnant, totalitarian
past into the light, rich, civilized future. I myself believed in
this, that we could overcome everything in one spurt.
I turned out to be too naive in something. In some places,
problems seemed to be too complicated. We forced our way forward
through mistakes, through failures. Many people in this hard time
experienced shock.But I want you to know. I have never said this.
Today it"s important for me to tell you. The pain of each of you has
called forth pain in me, in my heart. Sleepless nights, tormenting
worries - about what needed to be done, so that people could live
more easily and better. I did not have any more-important task.
I am leaving. I did all I could - not according to my health, but
on the basis of all the problems. A new generation is relieving me, a
generation of those who can do more and better.
In accordance with the constitution, as I resign, I have signed a
decree placing the duties of the president of Russia on the head of
government, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. For three months, again in
accordance with the constitution, he will be the head of state. And
in three months, presidential elections will take place.
I have always been certain of the surprising wisdom of Russians.
that"s why I don"t doubt what choice you will make at the end of March
2000.Bidding farewell, I want to tell each of you: Be happy. You
deserve happiness. You deserve happiness and calm.
Happy New Year! Happy new century, my dear ones!
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