乌干达投票出现延误

Voting has officially begun in Uganda\'s presidential and parliamentary elections, but voters are facing long lines and delayed openings at some polling stations Thursday because of late ballot deliveries.

VOA\'s Jill Craig reports from Kampala that many polling stations were still closed two hours after voting was scheduled to start.  She said there were long lines outside some Kampala polling stations, and people who had gotten there before 7 a.m. were restless and frustrated as they waited in the heat.

Paul Bukenya, spokesman for the Electoral Commission, told VOA that all election materials have now been distributed.

President Yoweri Museveni, in power for the past 30 years, faces a challenge from seven opponents, most prominently opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who has lost to him three times in the past.

美国之音记者克雷格从乌干达首都坎帕拉发来报道说，很多投票站在投票规定的开始时间两小时后还没有开门。据克雷格报道，坎帕拉的一些投票站外面排着长队，选民们早上7点以前就赶到投票站，在炎热的天气下等候，感到非常不满。

乌干达选举委员会发言人布肯亚对美国之音说，选举材料已全部发放完毕。

执政长达30年的乌干达总统穆塞韦尼面临着其他7名候选人的挑战，其中最著名的是反对派领袖贝西耶，他在以往的总统选举中曾三次败给穆塞韦尼。