Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, says last month's elections in Pakistan were not a victory for democracy, but rather a continuation of dynastic politics.

被暗殺的前巴基斯坦總理貝.布托的侄女、作家法蒂瑪.布托說，2月舉行的巴基斯坦選舉不是民主的勝利，而是動蕩政治的繼續。

Last month, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf admitted defeat, after the two main opposition parties won the clear majority in Pakistan's elections. One, the PML-N, is lead by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The other, the PPP, is the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ms. Bhutto's designated heir is her 19-year old son.

上個月，巴基斯坦兩個主要反對黨在選舉中贏得明顯多數后，巴基斯坦總統穆沙拉夫承認選舉失敗。巴基斯坦有兩個主要反對黨，一個是以前總理謝里夫為首的巴基斯坦穆斯林聯盟，另一個是被暗殺的前總理貝娜齊爾.布托的巴基斯坦人民黨。貝.布托19歲的兒子被指定為她的繼任者。

President Bush called the vote a victory for Pakistani democracy. However, not everyone in Pakistan shares that view. Some of the toughest criticism comes from a member of the Bhutto family: writer and journalist Fatima Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto's niece.

布什總統把這次選舉稱為巴基斯坦民主的勝利。然而，并非所有巴基斯坦人都持這種看法。一些最嚴厲的批評來自布托家族的一名成員，貝.布托的侄女、作家兼記者法蒂瑪.布托。

Speaking at Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club, Monday, the 25-year old said there is a perpetual cycle of dynastic politics in Pakistan.

現年25歲的法蒂瑪.布托星期一在香港外國記者俱樂部發表談話時說，巴基斯坦的動蕩政治處于一種永久的循環之中。

"We have had 30 years of dynastic politics and it has been disastrous," said Bhutto. "It hasn't empowered the people. It hasn't strengthened democratic institutions. It has not played any role in democratic reform. We have a country of 165 million people that have three choices -- they can vote for the Bhuttos, they can vote for the Sharif's or they can vote for the Musharrafs -- that's it. And, obviously that is not sustainable."

她說：“巴基斯坦的動蕩政治已經持續了30年，這是災難性的。這種狀況并沒有使人民獲得力量，沒有加強民主制度，也沒有對民主改革起到任何作用。我國有1億6千5百萬人口，他們有3種選擇：要么投布托的票、要么投謝里夫的票、要么投穆沙拉夫的票。就是這樣。這顯然是不能持續下去的。”

Fatima Bhutto says she does not believe in birthright politics and has no political ambitions, herself. Instead, she says she wants to bring problems in her country to the world's attention.

法蒂瑪.布托說，她不信奉家族政治，她本人也沒有政治野心。她表示，她只是想讓巴基斯坦的問題引起世界的關注。

One of the issues she is most concerned about is forced disappearances in Pakistan. She says scores of people have disappeared in the country, especially in Baluchistan Province. She says the phenomenon started with the search for al-Qaida and Taliban suspects, as part of the American-sponsored war on terror.

法蒂瑪.布托最關注的的問題之一是巴基斯坦強制性的失蹤。她說，巴基斯坦已經有數百人這樣失蹤，特別是在俾路支省。法蒂瑪.布托指出，這種現象是從搜捕本拉登和塔利班嫌疑分子開始的，而這一行動是美國支持的反恐戰爭的組成部分。

"Now, people are disappearing because they are Baluch and because Baluchistan should have control over its own gas fields," said Bhutto. "And, that has nothing to do with the Americans, not yet. And, people are being disappeared because they are provincial activists, because they are professors that come out and say: 'In the constitution of Pakistan, we can't have military dictators. This constitution has been destroyed and these men should be put on trial for treason.' And, that's why they are being disappeared now."

法蒂瑪.布托說：“現在人們在失蹤，就是因為他們是俾路支人，就是因為俾路支應當對自己的天然氣田擁有控制權。這跟美國人沒關系，目前還沒有關系。人們在失蹤，因為他們是本省的活動人士，因為他們是站出來說話的教授，他們說：‘按照巴基斯坦憲法，我們不能有軍事獨裁者。憲法被毀了，應當以叛國罪審判這些人。’這就是他們現在失蹤的原因。”

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said last year that at least 400 people have disappeared since 2002 and estimated that hundreds more may have been taken away by state agencies. President Musharaff maintains that the government is not involved in the disappearance of people.

巴基斯坦人權委員會去年說，自2002年以來，至少已經有400人失蹤，估計還有幾百人可能被政府機構帶走。穆沙拉夫堅持說，巴基斯坦政府跟失蹤事件沒有關聯。