The election watchdog said that while the polling station had not breached electoral law, it was advisable to avoid confrontation and further concerns from voters.

The election watchdog says funding was approved in the 'unlikely' event the poll happens.

However, the spectre of fraud looms large, and the election watchdogs, this time, will have to make the hard calls without any foreign oversight.

This was partly in response to protests by election watchdog groups and opposition parties that the previous voting procedures were not transparent and prone to manipulation.

His fears are widely shared by election watchdogs.