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.公仔箱論壇$ v, N) v6 d( V
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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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A$ n- w% b2 A+ m1 H% Z& j; Y" q公仔箱論壇But on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.3 K7 m4 ^- m6 b6 y3 _
2 z* ?8 Z( z$ T( gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.
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"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."5.39.217.76) T' [4 K$ i! P9 V* M% b) e3 Z
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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."公仔箱論壇& _) P+ O6 n: Q6 [- w2 G. o# A& b
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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.1 c. O, G i9 W# p; R
$ ^5 i* I5 P8 p0 F7 d6 i l7 T* pThe concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.公仔箱論壇/ E8 ~# `) Z; Z- l" I. m
2 ]) g3 D, V. l8 P8 {3 w9 l8 s$ DThey 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.
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But 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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8 t/ |" {4 O8 N# w2 M5.39.217.76The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.5.39.217.76/ K& T1 M5 M# v
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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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