Any suspension of an election impacts on the civil and political rights of the electorate and has the potential to undermine democracy. The assessment of the “legitimate purpose” and of the “proportionality” of the restriction of voters’ rights can only be conducted in a contextual manner, having in mind the factual situation of the country. In the Kyrgyz Republic, not only have the elections been postponed: the electoral procedure under way has also been suspended. Suspension may require a stricter scrutiny, since it entails an abrupt interruption of an ongoing democratic procedure, with an electoral campaign already in act and with voters’ expectations of renovation of the composition of the Parliament already elicited.