Lehigh University Professor and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace scholar Henri Barkey called the attempted ban "a last-gasp attempt by the 'Deep State' to throw a monkey wrench into the elections," referring to anti-democratic elements within the government and military.
Profesor Univerziteta Lehaj i stipendista Karnegi fondacije za međunarodni mir Henri Barki zabranu je nazvao „očajničkim pokušajem establišmenta da sabotira izbore“, aludirajući na antidemokratske elemente u vlasti i vojsci.