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.
7 m+ `! |& R& H9 @& q$ {! z% x5.39.217.77
y0 j8 n: H3 S6 }. ]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.公仔箱論壇7 H! C6 n& u' U( r" k) g) i
: I3 T7 d2 |. ]6 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChina - 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.
+ U5 V0 y% n. z- m7 f( aTVBNOW 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。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。* F0 R! w7 U% O% i, v$ b
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.
% b9 _$ c# O" G- ]. d公仔箱論壇
5 _; ~% u$ P- N+ J! F& s: m0 {But on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.
6 g) D4 b& |8 h8 T8 u. I JTVBNOW 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。3 G7 |/ E3 F5 M# d/ M5 u+ r
"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.5.39.217.77* V( e% n8 M3 Q) i0 P9 J1 \
2 y; e6 H$ L9 ]" n2 O"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
4 T! ~% K2 L1 n o. { Z: c& g
/ s- ^6 y% `. Y5.39.217.77Zhang 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。- F1 v* q' ]- b; j8 {3 {. T: o
5.39.217.77! V6 }; e2 z8 w: E7 {
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.
3 ^4 a# k+ C, X2 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 h: s' @. y/ R6 s. L) U. n! p
The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.
6 c8 D, l5 k: r) F# d
7 r+ \) {9 o: B0 t! f& p- y% wThey 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.
1 T& m. c: t# C; d9 I4 V5.39.217.775.39.217.77" ?, \& b% d' S
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.. G, M4 h) Q6 i3 @6 j; h8 t
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 O6 T, P2 Y m
The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ Y, I. M* q4 m3 S
% W8 C4 C0 g2 jFollowing investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid. |
發表於 2012-2-2 08:35 AM
| 