抗战胜利后湖南省首届参议员选举及其舆论转向

On the First Election of Senators in Hunan Province after the Victory of Anti-Japanese Warand the Turn of Public Opinion

抗战胜利之后,湖南省各级正式民意机关相继成立,其重要标征就是省县市参议会参议员通过自下而上程序选举产生,打破了原由政府指定的遴选方式。在形式上,两次参议员选举具有民选意义,彰显出政治上的进步性。然就其实质观之,两次选举并未真正体现民意,选举所依赖者亦并非选举人才学、品行等传统价值资源禀赋,而是利害、权力、财势等越轨行为或显形的硬实力因素。其中出现的一系列违法舞弊行为无疑破坏了选举的公正性,既有违现代民主政治制度,亦破坏了传统人际关系。此次选举乱象丛生,一定程度上消解了民意代表所代表民意的合法性身份。

After the victory of the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression,official public opinion organs at various levels were established one after another in Hunan Province in China.The essence of them was electing the senators from bottom to top at the county,municipal,provincial levels,which replaced the conventional election by the government.The two elections of senators were meaningful in the form and were politically progressive.But they did not reflect the real desire of the citizenry because the elections were not in accordance with traditional values:intelligence and virtue,but under forces against rules:wealth and power.Moreover,a series of illegal and fraudulent acts undoubtedly undermine the fairness of the election,which not only violates the modern democratic political system,but also destroys the traditional interpersonal relationship.The chaos of this election has,to a certain extent,dispelled the legitimacy of the public opinion represented by the representatives of public opinion.