Village has bribery problem: there isn’t any
Villagers in southeastern China are up in arms after missing out on lucrative bribes during a recent village elections when candidates foreswore the practice at a temple, according to a Communist Party monthly magazine.
Officials up for election in Dingmei village in Fujian province had to swear to the party they would not bribe voters, but they went one further and took the same oath at a village temple, magazine Xiao Kang said in its March issue.
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“But this election, they went to the temple and all we got was a bowl of rice and bottle of beer after all was said and done,” he said. “It’s peanuts.” The magazine said villagers were used to getting up to 1,000 yuan ($130) from candidates.
