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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( l/ U& K2 v* h {: TResidents 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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) {3 o% N* a$ B* l' q: b7 j0 F6 |) TChina - 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.
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6 n: q" k/ j1 ]- u" S! Z5.39.217.76But 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.* \, ?) i3 M% o4 K" Z% ~, K( O1 K
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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.
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7 ]# K5 T0 D0 @7 x* C V: r"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 f7 p: h& c; m/ D& z9 ?* r, P! W1 _
9 ?$ e5 Q& g- N. i N" L _6 SZhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair 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: d4 l1 c6 c/ U
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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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% t3 `0 I9 R4 ] n2 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.5.39.217.76# G6 z$ G, Q* @+ {4 c! m6 D0 Y& p
- P9 D+ i( x8 F$ c# y& Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey 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.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。9 A) l( X. K/ H
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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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" ^% j1 | W$ e. ?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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