Article 2, paragraphs (2) și (3) shall be amended and shall read as follows:

‘(2) The local councillors and county councillors, as well as the mayors shall be elected through universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed vote by the citizens with the right to vote from the territorial-administrative unit in which they shall exercise their mandate, according to law.

(3) The presidents and vice-presidents of the county councils, as well as the deputy mayors shall be elected by secret indirect vote, according to the provisions of the Law for the local public administration No. 215/2001, republished, as amended and supplemented.’