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. J+ t( ?" P$ }; R& @7 T! y
3 D. a8 C, ]5 y9 B+ Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbResidents 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& ] l% X% M( n, ~, ^" T" G) J
! A3 P3 y/ o0 C; K1 F2 k5.39.217.77China - 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. 9 k+ J c* ?2 @8 H& K公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 J# R* \0 o1 E# Y# r
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+ e- u& a6 X% X8 {公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇$ O3 _$ e: H. o; @
But on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month. / W0 O9 x) q" l. dTVBNOW 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 Q* m: J$ v. \1 K% d" q+ n
"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.$ G/ t, w" Y/ S, E/ O# C8 i, e0 |
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"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan.", {5 x- L/ e4 y4 a# Z: T5 t
. S+ x% `0 V5 Q6 b9 C1 g1 L+ T5.39.217.77Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections." 4 R" Y: Z3 w4 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 V. b+ ]; N. u j
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.公仔箱論壇1 S2 B3 ]: V: j/ M; c5 ?" |* ~
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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China. 5 w5 D- Z; O, Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇$ B) q* Z k( Z2 B( J. S
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.& W. \/ b+ F3 R `' h
+ X0 u# s1 V7 [' n4 v, ~3 T; u5.39.217.77But 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. / Q8 n$ a. j8 @) m5 O( D( w5.39.217.77tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 }9 u( Q0 s" C+ \$ s* A
The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers. 8 R: F6 i2 N2 e1 R. B+ @; q9 `% x8 |5 {: E5 V
Following investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid.
