Vargas Llosa argued – eloquently and elegantly – that he could not vote for the daughter of a corrupt and repressive former president currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations. But nor could he abstain or call for others to do so, since this would not only favor Keiko, but would also be a de facto abdication of the intellectuel engagé’s responsibility.
巴尔加斯·略萨雄辩而又不失优雅的宣称他不能为因侵犯人权服刑25年的腐败独裁前总统的女儿投票。但他也不能禁止或号召其他人这么做，因为这样不仅惠子能从中占到便宜，还意味着实际放弃了知识分子参政的义务。