據多家美媒報導,當地時間8月10日,由於受到多名女性指控性騷擾並面臨州議會彈劾,紐約州州長安德魯·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)宣布辭職,並將於兩周後離任。
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during some of the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
8月10日,紐約州州長安德魯·科莫因受到一連串性騷擾指控宣布辭職。一年前新冠肺炎疫情肆虐的至暗時刻中,他曾因每日的詳盡簡報和領導力而廣受全國讚譽。
科莫宣布辭職
紐約州將迎來首位女州長
當地時間10日,科莫在記者會上宣布辭去紐約州長職務。
他在當天發表的電視講話中說,考慮到當前情況,自己現在能提供幫助的最好辦法就是辭職,辭職將於14天後生效。
"The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing," Cuomo said in a televised address.
當地時間2021年8月10日,美國民眾收看科莫宣布辭職的新聞發布會 圖源:東方IC
8月3日,紐約州總檢察長辦公室公布的調查報告顯示,2013年至2020年期間,科莫對11名女性進行過性騷擾,其中包括其多名女性助理。報告認為,科莫的行為違反了法律以及州政府的有關政策。
The decision came a week after New York's attorney general released the results of an investigation that found Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women.
Investigators said he subjected women to unwanted kisses; groped their breasts or buttocks or otherwise touched them inappropriately; made insinuating remarks about their looks and their sex lives; and created a work environment "rife with fear and intimidation."
與此同時,紐約州議會也在以性騷擾和瞞報養老院新冠死亡人數為由對科莫進行調查(相關報導),並在推動對科莫進行彈劾。
At the same time, Cuomo was under fire over the discovery that his administration had concealed thousands of COVID-19 deaths among nursing home patients.
自今年年初性騷擾醜聞曝光以來,科莫一直堅稱清白、拒絕辭職。近來,美國總統拜登、國會參議院多數黨領袖舒默和眾議院議長佩洛西等人均呼籲科莫辭職。
現年63歲的科莫來自民主黨,自2011年以來一直擔任紐約州州長,其第三任期原定於2022年年底結束。他曾一度被視為美國的「抗疫明星」,去年11月還曾因在應對新冠疫情中的表現獲得國際艾美創始人獎。
美國紐約州官員凱西·霍楚爾 圖源:東方IC
科莫離任後,現年62歲的紐約州副州長凱茜·霍楚爾(Kathy Hochul)將接任州長,成為紐約州首位女州長。
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a 62-year-old Democrat and former member of Congress from the Buffalo area, will become the state's 57th governor and the first woman to hold the post.
拜登回應:
我尊重州長的決定
據CNN報導,美國總統拜登(Joe Biden)當日在白宮接受採訪談及科莫辭職一事時,表示「我尊重州長的決定。」
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he respects New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to resign. "I respect the governor's decision," Biden said at the White House.
當地時間8月10日,美國總統拜登發表講話 圖源:東方IC
隨後,當有記者就科莫擔任州長期間的表現提問時,拜登認為科莫在州長任上「做了很多工作,包括讓投票更容易、基礎設施建設等。這也是為什麼這(科莫的辭職)是一件很悲傷的事」。
Later, when asked by a reporter to assess how he believed Cuomo had performed as governor, Biden said that he thought the New Yorker had done "a helluva job" professionally.
"And I mean both on everything from access to voting, to infrastructure, a whole range of things. That's why it's so sad," Biden added.
helluva /ˈheləvə/ adj. 很難的,很大的;極好的
而在被問及此事會對民主黨有什麼影響時,拜登則回應稱,辭職的決定是科莫根據其本人的判斷做出的,影響也僅限於科莫本人。作為民主黨內頗具影響力的政客,科莫被認為具有挑戰總統大選的實力。
2020年初,科莫在全美的知名度顯著提升,當時紐約是全美首個疫情集中暴發的地方。他的每日記者會、對疫情的強力警告和對時任總統川普的批評,讓美國人印象深刻。不過隨著涉嫌隱瞞養老院疫情、性騷擾醜聞等議題發酵,科莫的支持率直線下降。
編輯:左卓
實習編輯:李金昳
來源:新華社 中國新聞網 CNN