Financial support to the preparation and holding the elections.

1. The expenses of election commissions on preparation and holding the elections shall be financed from the republican budget and special funds of election commissions. The financing procedure shall be determined by the budgetary legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic and the law on the election commissions of the Kyrgyz Republic.

2. It shall be prohibited to finance the elections by foreign countries, foreign state agencies, institutions and enterprises, by other foreign legal entities, their branches and representative offices, by foreign citizens, by international organizations registered in the Kyrgyz Republic, by legal entities in which foreign citizens and legal entities are the participants, with the exception of financing programs to improve the electoral legislation, information, educational and scientific research programs, technical preparation to the elections and raising the legal awareness of the citizens.