57. What power is granted to the institution(s) responsible for examining reports and/or investigating violations?

Article 42 Expenditure control of the funds allocated for elections, of the candidates’ electoral funds and those of political parties

1. Control over the procedure of formation and spending of electoral funds of candidates and political parties shall be carried out by election commissions.

2. An audit group consisting of no more than 7 persons shall be established under the Central Election Commission to exercise control over targeted spending of the funds allocated from the republican budget to election commissions for preparation and conducting of elections and for control over the sources of funding, proper accounting and use of election funds of candidates and political parties, checking of financial statements of candidates and political parties. Organization and activity procedure of the audit group shall be specified by the Central Election Commission.

6. Upon a written instruction of the Central Election Commission the audit group shall: 1) check financial statements of candidates, political parties and subordinate election commissions; 2) request and receive information about all issues within its competence from candidates, political parties and election commissions; 3) control observance of the established order of funding election campaigns, carry out other activities directly connected with election campaigns of candidates and political parties; 4) apply to state bodies, organizations irrespective of the form of ownership and to citizens on the issues assigned to the competence of the audit group, request the required information and materials, connected with financial support of elections. Responds to the requests of the audit group and materials shall be provided within a three-day period; anything requested by the group five or less days prior to the polling day shall be provided immediately; 5) develop documents on financial violations in the course of election funding; 6) raise questions to the appropriate election commission as to application of responsibility measures to candidates, political parties, and citizens' legal entities for violations made by them when funding the election campaign of candidates and political parties; 7) invite experts to make inspections, prepare conclusions and experts’ assessments.

(Constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2011, available at http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/4016/file/Kyrgyz_Const_Law_Presidential_and_parliam_Elections_2011_en.pdf accessed February 2018).