As stated in the 2014 Joint OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Legal Framework on the Disciplinary Responsibility of Judges in the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter “2014 Joint Opinion”), the competences of the President and the Jogorku Kenesh pertaining to the dismissal of judges should be omitted from the Constitution, as this raises questions with regard to guarantees for the independence of judges.