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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( q/ I2 O7 I' b8 g L6 ?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。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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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.5.39.217.77" T9 U( ~+ ~$ S& u. m: W
- H$ Q. V% h* e- }$ n, hBut 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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& b2 N& Z) r# ?: i$ u7 s4 ]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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9 p( S4 [) F- _1 c$ B. P- J5.39.217.77"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* s0 Q0 R# s& I7 W( j' R) p
- H1 @, I& k2 t1 i6 q"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."公仔箱論壇# C. O/ x8 M& E b' s' _
. O% I" f1 W3 w1 q& f( yZhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections."
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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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, V Z% v( r# N- P& YThe concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 q# \2 X8 K& F
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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.
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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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6 x) W2 ~2 r1 v公仔箱論壇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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