Romania's President Traian Basescu on Sunday voiced hope in a parliament made up of prominent people of the latest term-in-office and of representatives of the younger generation.
Basescu made the statement after casting vote in the morning at a polling station in Bucharest. He was accompanied by his wife, Maria, and younger daughter, Elena.
"I put my confidence in a parliament made up of people who had a say in the latest term-in-office and on the other hand, a parliament which, through the mechanisms of the new voting system,should encompass a new generation a politicians, so that together serve Romania. Therefore, the experience of the people who have sofar been members of the parliament and the courage and purity of the incoming generation," said the head of the Romanian state.
Romanians vote in the parliamentary elections Sunday to elect anew parliament for the next four years, with over 18 million people registered for the vote. Voting began at 7:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) and is to end at 9:00 p.m.
This is the first time in the country voters will elect the new parliament by a uninominal vote.
The uninominal system replaced the old voting system this year where ballots were cast for an entire list of candidates selected by each political party rather than choosing individual candidates.
A total of 2,965 candidates are running for seats in the parliament, with 2,070 of them for 315 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 895 for 137 members in the Senate, the Central Electoral Bureau said.
The candidates are mostly from six parliamentary parties: the Social Democratic Party, the Conservative Party, the National Liberal Party, the Democratic-Liberal Party, the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania and the Greater Romanian Party.
In addition, six non-parliamentary parties and 31 independents are also running in the race.
Romania has 43 electoral divisions, among which 41 for each of its counties, one for the capital city of Bucharest and one for Romanians residing abroad.
Source:Xinhua
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