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.; {, H* r9 h0 i" c" I. P
) t6 T7 \" v Y# R& g1 h: y公仔箱論壇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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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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5 k# `0 S0 S0 l, ?5 z) qTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。"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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( K; x6 k1 z1 B/ H7 w k& Y5.39.217.76"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."公仔箱論壇) ^4 V0 a" j" Z: z5 U
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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: f' |( {5 j/ Q; M2 V
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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.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& A) v2 ~0 c$ S6 D2 ?8 t
& c; Y5 F5 j/ b) K/ p5.39.217.76The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 f# t4 Q5 W' N. z$ L" ~* j& \
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1 \, T) ?8 g. p: l3 B5.39.217.76But 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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The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.
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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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