標題: Rebel China village takes first step in democratic vote [打印本頁] 作者: kimmi8k 時間: 2012-2-2 08:35 AM 標題: Rebel China village takes first step in democratic vote
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.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。, `. u! x3 |$ {+ C1 o$ ^& k
4 N" ^4 l! g- @2 SResidents 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.+ @: e* P2 Z/ y9 N
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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.4 l% n8 L! {% {) l
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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. 5 H U" e! J$ L) V& f 6 ]: s* n2 @, d3 M% T% L% q( o/ sBut on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.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。( `( Y) F. ?6 [1 W8 a/ b. E& B' Q
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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., N2 s4 S, ?9 K1 t0 u; C
3 \& Z+ {; |! B+ d% G4 e( O; T5.39.217.76"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."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。 t: J8 V1 \4 k; X. I9 Z$ u
/ f+ }! i: S: n# W9 h2 A5.39.217.76Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections." + L5 J! n$ H; M' g, `. n' Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& l5 ` X" E2 u( i8 P- ~8 I" _. D
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.6 B" d9 c: K( G4 k. E
- U" ~6 {( R! w s5.39.217.76The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.公仔箱論壇' a7 x0 p7 ]6 \
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They 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. / y2 _% b3 p! V! Z n- W 7 o" M0 n% Z# `4 Y+ E b公仔箱論壇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.# h5 q8 V& x1 q0 r; a5 ^
9 X; i, S/ w: g8 ~3 }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。The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.公仔箱論壇. `8 Z9 g* ^2 B0 [2 k5 h
0 A" {7 L5 m' L/ a( b* e) RFollowing investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid.
