After voting to include the bill on the uninominal voting system in the agenda of the May 5 sitting of Parliament, the MPs also decided to include the bill on the mixed-member electoral system registered by the Party of Socialists in the agenda, IPN reports.

Speaker Andrian Candu submitted this proposal after the break during which the Socialist parliamentary group held a meeting and this involved Candu. The Socialists asked for a break after the bill on the uninominal voting system was included in the agenda.

The MPs will return to the sitting at 3pm. Meanwhile, the Parliament’s legal commission for appointments and immunities will examine the two bills.

/1:30pm/ Bill on uninominal voting system to be debated in Parliament May 5

The bill to amend the Election Code and replace the party-list proportional representation system with the uninominal voting system was included in the agenda of the May 5 sitting of Parliament, at the proposal of Speaker Andrian Candu, IPN reports.

The Liberal MPs said that if the bill is debated in today’s sitting, they will leave the assembly hall in protest. The Lib-Dems also criticized the decision, invoking the hurry in which the bill was proposed for examination.

The Socialist parliamentary group, which also opposed the inclusion of the issue in the agenda, asked for a 30-minute break, inviting Andrian Candu to the group’s meeting.