Circumstances may arise which require the temporary suspension of an election: this indeed is contemplated by Article 7 para 3 of the Constitutional Law ‘On Elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and Deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic’ when a formal emergency situation exists. However, the motivation for the suspension must be the narrow focus of the emergency or special crisis. A motivation to carry out constitutional reform will generally go beyond that.