CHISINAU – The next parliamentary elections in Moldova will be held under the mixed electoral system, Moldovan Parliament President Andrian Candu said.

“The election will be held in late 2018 under the mixed electoral system. This is a new beginning in Moldova’s political life. We are fulfilling the promise which many parties made to voters but failed to keep. We did what others should have done. We hope that this will lead to a change of political class and that members of parliament will be closer to the people, will be more incorruptible and responsible to voters,” Candu told a news conference at the parliament on Thursday after the legislature passed a bill amending the country’s electoral law.