Ibovi 's constituency in Talangaï was affected by a massive explosion at a munitions dump in March 2012 , in which hundreds of people were killed . In the July &ndash; August 2012 parliamentary election , voting was not held in his constituency , as well as two others that were affected , due to the disaster ; Ibovi and the two other deputies had their terms extended by the Constitutional Court in a ruling on 17 August 2012 . The ruling was in line with a constitutional provision allowing for such extensions when voting could not be properly held due to " exceptionally serious circumstances "
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Jean-Claude Ibovi