烏克蘭前總理季莫申科將競選總統
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday that she will run for president in elections on May 25, weeks after her release from jail after street protests ousted her political foe, former president Viktor Yanukovych.
烏克蘭前總理季莫申科(Yulia Tymoshenko)週四稱，她將在5月25日的大選中參選總統。數週之前，街頭示威活動推翻了其政敵、前總統亞努科維奇(Viktor Yanukovych)，季莫申科旋即從監獄中獲釋。Ms. Tymoshenko lost to Mr. Yanukovych in a tight runoff in 2010, and was jailed a year later for abuse of office in a trial widely condemned as rigged.
季莫申科在2010年那次票數接近的大選中敗給亞努科維奇，一年後因濫用職權罪被判入獄，當時外界普遍譴責判決受到了操縱。Ms. Tymoshenko is likely to be a leading contender in a crowded field, which is also expected to include businessman Petro Poroshenko and boxer-turned politician Vitali Klitschko. Several former supporters of Mr. Yanukovych, including former Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tihipko, have already announced they will run.
季莫申科可能是衆多候選人中的有力競爭者。候選人預計有企業家彼得•波羅申科(Petro Poroshenko)、拳擊手出身的政客維塔利•克利奇科(Vitali Klitschko)。亞努科維奇以前的一些支持者也宣佈要參選，包括烏克蘭前副總理季吉普科(Serhiy Tihipko)。
Recent polls have placed Ms. Tymoshenko in third place behind Messrs. Poroshenko and Klitschko, but she is known as a charismatic campaigner and surveys show many voters are undecided.
近期的民意調查顯示，季莫申科的支持率落後于波羅申科和克利奇科，位居第三。不過她本身魅力非凡，而且民調顯示許多選民還猶豫不決。Ms. Tymoshenko said she expected support from her base in the country's west and east, but would reach out to the east, which long favored Mr. Yanukovych, who has fled Ukraine.
季莫申科稱，她期待獲得全國性的支持，但她將盡量與東部地區接觸。東部地區一貫支持已離境的前總統亞努科維奇。
