We must get assurances from the international community and Pakistan to work on the peace process before the elections can take place. I never agreed with Mr Karzai before his speech [at the end of the November Loya Jirga] but now I agree with him. I think that deferring signing the BSA after the elections will lead to better conditions for the elections to take place. By not signing the BSA there will be fewer Taliban attacks on the polling sites and so more people will be able to vote and the process will be seen as legitimate. Right now everything is out of the governments hands.