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多伦多市长被剥夺大部分权力 The Toronto city council has voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his authority, as the embattled city leader resists growing pressure to step down. [来源:学科网] 多伦多市议会通过了剥夺市长罗伯·福特大部分权力的决议，这位四面楚歌的市领导面对不断增长的压力拒绝下台。 ? On Monday, the council transferred most of Mr Fords budget and many of his powers to the deputy mayor. ? Mr Ford, 44, who has promised to fight the councils decisions, criticised the vote as a coup detat. ? The mayor of Canadas largest city has faced intense pressure to resign after admitting to smoking crack cocaine ? In recent weeks he has also acknowledged buying illegal drugs while serving as mayor. ? Mr Ford abstained from Mondays vote, but promised outright war in the next election against the councillors who opposed him. ? Whats happening here today is not a democratic process, this is a dictatorship（专政，独裁）, he told the city councillors. ?[来源:Zxxk.Com] You are absolutely telling everybody that voted in the last municipal election that their vote does not count. ? And Mr Ford refused to apologise, saying he had done enough apologising already. ? Ive admitted my mistakes, he said. Im not going to sit here and go on and on and on. ? Earlier in the heated council meeting, Mr Ford ran through the gallery, accidentally knocking over city councillor Pam McConnell before catching her. ? Ms McConnell was later seen holding ice to her lip. ? The worst spokesman? ? Mondays motion reduces Mr Fords office budget by 60%, and allows mayoral staff to join deputy mayor Norm Kelly, largely making Mr Ford mayor in name only. ? The council does not have the power to remove Mr Ford from office unless he has a criminal conviction. ? Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, once a Ford ally but now one of his most outspoken critics, said the mayors conduct was embarrassing the city. ? Hes the worst spokesman for the city of Toronto right now, he said. ? The Toronto council began stripping away his powers on Friday, voting 39 to 3 to prevent him from being able to di