Assuming the suspension of the electoral process is necessary to ensure the efficacy and fairness of that process and is also proportionate, the new election should be held without delay. As the Commission has commented in its Report on choosing the date of an election:

‘As it is of the utmost importance that the political parties have enough time to prepare the elections and that the new Parliament is elected without undue delay, it can be useful to determine a minimum and a maximum period between the decision on the date of the elections and the elections themselves. It therefore seems to be good practice that the written or unwritten constitutional law contains these safeguards to avoid abuses.’