According to the Constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, “[m]embers of election commissions, observers, international observers, judges, representatives of religious organizations, charity organizations, individuals under 18 years of age, foreign citizens and organizations have no right to carry out election campaign, issue and disseminate any campaign materials. Officers of government and self-governance bodies can carry out campaign and disseminate any campaign materials when they are outside of their official positions” (Article 22.15). The joint opinion on the electoral law underlines that by prohibiting certain groups from campaigning, Article 22.15 introduces ‘unreasonable restrictions on individual citizens’ and may be considered as ‘overly restrictive’.”