菲律宾发生严重政治暴力 数十人遇害

菲律宾南部马京达瑙省周一至少有45人被杀害，当局称这是近年该国最严重的政治暴力事件之一。

At least 45 people were killed in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao on Monday, in what the authorities described as one of the country's worst cases of political violence in recent memory.

目前菲律宾正为明年5月的全国大选和地方选举进行候选人登记，这起事件发生在12天登记期的第三天，它给菲律宾总统格洛丽亚·马卡帕加尔·阿罗约(Gloria Macapagal Arroyo)带来压力，要求她宣布该省进入紧急状态，以防止发生更多流血事件。马京达瑙省在马尼拉以南930公里处。

The deaths came three days after the start of the 12-day period for the filing of candidacies for national and local polls next May, and has put pressure on Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Philippine president, to declare emergency rule in the province, which is 930km south of Manila, to prevent more bloodshed.

“这是近年绝无仅有的一次可怕的大屠杀，”阿罗约的菲律宾南部事务顾问杰瑟斯·杜雷扎(Jesus Dureza)说。他敦促总统宣布该地区进入“紧急状态”，派遣军队进入，解除参与此事的各团体的武装。“除此以外别无办法，”他说。

“This is a gruesome massacre unequalled in recent history,” said Jesus Dureza, Mrs Macapagal's adviser on the southern Philippines. He urged the president to declare a “state of emergency” in the area and bring in the military to disarm the groups involved. “Anything less will not work,” he said.

马京达瑙是菲律宾最贫困的省份之一，政治暴力事件相当猖獗。这里是菲律宾南部穆斯林自治区的一部分，当地统治者依靠私人军队执行自己的意志。

Political violence is rife in Maguindanao, one of the country's poorest provinces, which is part of the autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines, an area where local rulers rely on private armies to enforce their will.

许多被害人都是该省的一名副镇长埃斯梅尔·曼古达达图(Esmail Mangudadatu)的亲属和支持者。曼古达达图计划在明年的选举中首次挑战该省长期在位的省长。受害人包括他的妻子和妹妹。

Many of the people killed were relatives and supporters of a town vice-mayor, Esmail Mangudadatu, who was planning the first-ever challenge to the province's long-standing governor in next year's polls. The victims included his wife and sister.

遇害者中有12名记者，他们当时正在报道该省省长安达尔·安帕图恩(Andal Ampatuan)如何开始其竞选活动。

Among those killed were a dozen journalists who were covering what would have been the start of the campaign by the governor, Andal Ampatuan.

曼古达达图在接受电视采访时表示，他的妻子在50多名亲戚、政治支持者和记者陪同下，正前往省会登记他的参选资格，路上大约100人的武装人员阻截了他们。几小时后，这批人中的许多成员被发现遇害。

In a television interview, Mr Mangudadatu said his wife, accompanied by a party of more than 50 relatives, political supporters and journalists, was on her way to file his certificate of candidacy in the provincial capital when a group of about 100 armed men blocked their way. Hours later, many members of the group were found dead.