BEIJING - Villagers in China whose rebellion against local officials last year grabbed the headlines kicked off a key process on Wednesday that will see them hold their first-ever open, democratic elections.
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Residents in Wukan in the wealthy southern province of Guangdong won rare concessions after they faced off with authorities for more than a week in December in a row over land and graft, including pledges to hold free village polls.
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China - a one-party state where top leaders are not elected by the people - nevertheless allows villagers across the country to vote for a committee to represent them.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 q& R5 P& h3 b- A% m$ A/ O
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But Wukan residents said their leaders had never before allowed these polls to go ahead in an open fashion, and instead selected members of the village committee behind closed doors.
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But on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.
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"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) D5 j5 W9 g3 V1 c. K
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"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
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Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections."
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The election committee will be made up of 11 villagers who will not be allowed to run for next month's election, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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! z: e: s2 M7 |公仔箱論壇The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.
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( ~* ]& O9 T! Y, K( _5.39.217.76They had protested for months in autumn last year against their allegedly corrupt leaders, whom they accused of abusing their power to profit from land in the village.* _2 b6 p( w6 \: e) d' I* @
* y$ Q9 ?% M P! aBut it was not until detained community leader Xue Jinbo died in police custody in December after allegedly being beaten that their anger boiled over, prompting a tense, drawn-out stand-off with police and officials.
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9 o0 h% `/ A8 \* K$ n5 l5 c* z9 SThe Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.* `, `" D1 ^ N5 e, h% J6 j
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Following investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid. |
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