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The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) supports the organisation of local elections in September or October and parliamentary elections on term, and their possible postponement for next year would not be "a correct message for society," UDMR deputy Csoma Botond said on Thursday, at the online debate organised by the Expert Forum, called "Organising elections during pandemic. Scenarios of political parties."
He also said that a reform of the electoral system cannot be done three months before to the elections.
He mentioned that, in the context of the pandemic, the introduction of the vote via mail system for local elections could be put into discussion.
The UDMR deputy also said that in this period an electoral code cannot be adopted because it should "last over time, and not be changed at every election cycle" and he also advocated for an information campaign for the citizens.
