The members of the Chisinau Municipal Council will be able to vote electronically as of April 1 this year. The project costs 1.2 million lei and the amount includes the costs related to the online broadcasting of the Council’s meetings and the meetings of its five main commissions, IPN reports.

Victor Lutenko, councilor of the group of the “European People’s Platform – Iurie Leanca”, said the procedure for purchasing the equipment is over and the technical aspect was practically dealt with. Electronic voting will ensure transparency in the decision-making process and will make the municipal councilors more responsible.

The money for introducing electronic voting and for broadcasting the meetings online was allocated from the municipal budget.