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.
! N, r. }0 h: `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。
6 G( n# y, `; a7 d( ?7 d8 Q8 ^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.5.39.217.77:88982 U0 G( i; P- G6 m" M( i
* v. Q* n5 |$ o# AChina - 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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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.( I/ |/ h$ G* R4 @# ^
/ w0 m% q, F* m. i2 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.4 f0 L- [0 Z( s: f5 c: ^9 w
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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.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 G5 Q! m0 t0 y* N' T
, b5 v! L3 ^- `9 Q9 J. p" j" M5.39.217.77:8898"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
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( M0 y+ }7 s0 D' Xtvb 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."5.39.217.77:8898 a/ q$ \7 }& z/ h W9 T
0 d1 Y# I8 [ n3 ~ h' }5.39.217.77:8898The 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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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.. Z3 Y0 a2 }/ @2 x9 x) p+ q
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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." g4 [1 d/ d6 F w) P3 }$ b$ v
1 t. J$ |: c" L6 Z$ @$ [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.5.39.217.77:8898- V; e: @! ?( w0 W$ r3 p
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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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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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