As a consequence, the emergency powers of Article 170 cannot serve as the legal basis for postponing elections by the President. The President can only refer to a crisis situation that is below the level of warranting action under Article 170 of the Constitution. However, the Constitution explicitly links the non-holding of elections to a state of emergency. A “lower level” of crisis can therefore not justify the cancelling or postponing of elections by a public body not empowered to do so.