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.公仔箱論壇. x) Q0 M3 ^5 m' q" a" L; d
2 Q& i" e+ K t- S0 p4 w& p, L5.39.217.76Residents 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.5.39.217.76" E X8 {4 T3 \* d2 y
( x, r C: K+ O3 PChina - 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.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。* Z. k( n' X( K
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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. ! u! Z( L/ N# m2 T' S9 l6 C# P- l公仔箱論壇 ' x y1 r, z H+ @* z) j: m; D9 t5.39.217.76But on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month. ; U0 W0 |6 A( A9 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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) O: K1 s! z+ s, P8 w
"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone. 6 y- L: H d' Q3 h) N5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: m* n! t; D# Q) A5 \2 S- H' ]
"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。- j0 x! |3 `$ U5 V/ O: s5 K5 M n
8 i5 i" | j9 G2 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbZhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections." : T# r( S: P4 K; \5 f$ m5 C- p9 `
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.8 U. T$ n" X. V3 n* Z! N6 E p
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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China. 5 ~8 j7 z8 z( b { A- E - _6 O: B; w- H6 t2 z3 j. R3 T公仔箱論壇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. 8 R1 n9 k8 C/ W5 z0 FTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.76 a+ o- O" W- ?7 `
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. A- x0 N. w" F) I$ B公仔箱論壇 1 P2 T# {( l% P5.39.217.76The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.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。; K6 G: Q: O0 ]
, }- J2 `* n& NTVBNOW 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。Following investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid.
