不列颠哥伦比亚省退任新民主党政府中的两位知名人士就上周末选举所造成的失误规模发表了看法，该选举导致该党惨败。
Two prominent figures in British Columbia's outgoing NDP government have spoken out about the scale of the mistake made in calling last weekend's election that resulted in the party's crushing defeat.
妮基·沙尔玛和拉维·帕马尔都没有排除在退任省长大卫·埃比辞职后寻求党魁的可能性，而被削弱的新民主党团正在省议会开会。
Niki Sharma and Ravi Parmar are both leaving open the possibility they may seek party leadership in the wake of the resignation of outgoing Premier David Eby, as the decimated NDP caucus meets at the legislature.
此前担任过司法部长的沙尔玛表示，埃比在周三的退任党团会议上为提前举行选举道歉，并“承担了全部责任”。她说，她不寻求党的临时领导职务，该职务正在今天新任党团会议上讨论，但对永久领导职务持保留态度。
Sharma, who was previously attorney general, says Eby apologized for calling the snap election at a meeting of the outgoing caucus on Wednesday, and he "took full responsibility." She says she's not seeking the interim leadership of the party, a position that is being discussed at today's meeting of the incoming caucus, but was non-committal on the permanent leadership.
退任的林业部长帕马尔表示，该党和埃比显然做出了错误决定，提前举行选举导致不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党赢得三分之二多数，即63个席位，而新民主党的席位根据初步计票从47个减少到28个。
Parmar, the outgoing forests minister, says the party and Eby clearly made the wrong decision to call the election that resulted in a two-thirds majority of 63 seats for the B.C. Conservatives, while the NDP ranks have been reduced from 47 to 28, according to the preliminary count.
帕马尔说，该党“搞错了”，应为提前举行选举向不列颠哥伦比亚省民众道歉，同时补充说，现在说他是否会寻求领导职务还为时过早。
Parmar says the party "got it wrong" and owes British Columbians an apology for calling the election, while adding that it's too early to say if he'll seek leadership.
“省长做出了决定，我们都支持他……显然，我们在提前举行选举上做出了错误决定，这是我们都将不得不承受的事情，”他在党团会议开始前说。
"The premier made a decision, we all stood by him … clearly we made the wrong decision calling the election, and that's something that we're all going to live by," he said before the start of the caucus meeting.
被要求对提前举行选举的沮丧程度进行评分时，帕马尔说是“大约10分，绝对是。”“我感到失望，我感到沮丧，但这种失望和沮丧不能持续四年，只能持续几天，”他说。
Asked to rate the level of frustration at the election call, Parmar said it was "about 10, absolutely." "I'm disappointed, I'm frustrated, but that disappointment and frustration can't last four years, it can only last a few days," he said.
沙尔玛表示，周三的退任党团会议是一场情感化的事件，同事们互相告别。
Sharma said that Wednesday's outgoing caucus meeting was an emotional affair, as colleagues bid farewell to each other.
“没有什么好粉饰的。这是艰难的一天。我们不得不向那些优秀的、真正为社区服务的省议员们说再见，”她说。
"There's no sugar-coating it. It was a tough day. We had to say goodbye to MLAs that were excellent, that really served their community well," she said.
因此我们进行了反思，我认为在这种反思之中有一种决心，要弄清楚我们如何开展不列颠哥伦比亚省现在选举我们来从事的工作，那就是担任官方反对党。
"So we were reflective, and I think there's a resolve within that reflectiveness to figure out how we do the job that British Columbia has elected us to do now, which is as official Opposition."