Falkland Islanders vote to stay British
福克兰群岛的岛民们选择站在英国这边
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(CNN) -- Residents of the Falkland Islands voted overwhelmingly to remain a British Overseas Territory, an official said late Monday.
CNN——一名官员在周一的时候说，福克兰群岛的岛民们以压倒性的优势决定该群岛继续成为英国在海外的领土。
The question put to voters was: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?"
选民们都被问一个问题：“你们想让福克斯群岛继续保持成为英国在海外的领土的现状吗。“
More than 99% of voters said yes, according to Darren Christie, public relations manager for the Falklands Islands government. Just three people voted no. Turnout was 92%.
根据福克兰群岛政府的公关经理Darren Christie的说法，有99%的选民回答是。只有三个人回答否。
"Speaks for itself, I think," Christie said about the vote.
他说：“这一调查结果不言而喻。“
Monday marked the final day of a two-day referendum on the disputed Falkland Islands, which Argentinians call Las Malvinas.
周一是该群岛举行为期两天公投的第二天，英国和阿根廷该该岛屿的主权有争议，阿方称该岛为马尔维纳斯群岛。
"My vote is yes. ... I believe we are like other people in the world, and we are entitled to determine our own future. ... I think it's dreadful that someone like Argentina should be trying to deny us that," Sharon Halford, a member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, said before results were announced.
在调查结果被公布出来以前，福克兰群岛立法机构的一名成员Sharon Halford说道：“我的回答是YES，像世界上的所有人一样，我们有权利决定自己的未来。而某些国家像阿根廷却想否决我们拥有的这种权利，我觉得太可怕了。”
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"They obviously don't care what their own people think, but worldwide, everybody has the right to determine their own future and why should we not be the same?"
“显然，他们根本就不关心自己人民的想法，但是全世界的人们都有权利决定自己的未来，为什么我们不可以？”
Pictures at the polls showed some residents of the islands draped in Union flags as they cast their votes. Cars displayed banners that said "We're British and proud." A parade honoring British heritage marked the start of voting Sunday.
投票站的照片显示一些选民在投票是手持英国国旗，汽车的横幅上写着标语：“我们是英国人，我们感到骄傲。”在周一的时候还有大量选民通过游行的方式来表达对英国的感情。
The referendum was supported by the British government.
该全民公投由英国政府支持。
But the Argentinian Embassy in London said Friday that the referendum had no legitimacy, characterizing it as "a further attempt by the British to manipulate the question of the Malvinas Islands."
但是阿根廷驻伦敦的大使馆在周五的时候说，该全民公投并不合法，还说这是英国政府为了操纵马尔维纳斯群岛问题而采取的策略。“
Because the area around the Falklands is the subject of a sovereignty dispute, it argues, "the United Kingdom has no right to alter the legal status of these territories, not even under the guise of a hypothetical 'referendum.' "
因为福克斯群岛的周围在主权上是有争议的，该大使馆说道：“英国没有权力来改变这些地区的法律地位，即使是披着全民公投的外衣也无法改变这一事实。”
网友评论(1727491)2013-03-12 20:26
tg 怎么办呢？外交部表明支持阿了
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网友评论(19252586)2013-03-12 20:28
马岛后面是有大阴蒂国撑腰，又不是独立，弯弯是要独立。
网友评论(21464374)2013-03-12 20:29
都是英国人，要他们公投怎么可能投到阿根廷去呢……
网友评论(941756)2013-03-12 20:31
我们地球联盟来公投下美利坚的归属吧
网友评论(1169151)2013-03-12 20:33
澳大利亚 新西兰最早也都是英国殖民来着
网友评论(20685197)2013-03-12 20:33
足球国的人早几十年都被赶走了，现在留在上面的都是牛牛的人
这种公投结果一点不意外
网友评论(179428)2013-03-12 20:37
要是香港回归时候来个公投，结果肯定是90%以上居民认为不回归好。
网友评论(1038962)2013-03-12 20:39
老把戏了
网友评论(4980360)2013-03-12 20:39
归根结底实力说话
网友评论(429075)2013-03-12 20:45
Reply Post by jmxiaolei (2013-03-12 20:37):
要是香港回归时候来个公投，结果肯定是90%以上居民认为不回归好。
香港回不回来不是他们说了算的
网友评论(20468904)2013-03-12 20:49
两边都是老牌帝国主义。阿根廷是西班牙后裔，对土著人超狠。
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