Rather than drop these safeguards altogether, the Doha negotiators agreed to reform them, but they could not agree on how to do so.
But given the other safeguards, dropping that particular proposal was within the realm of reasonable negotiating.
The government says it is "putting safeguards in place" to prevent people dropping off the electoral roll.
"We are putting safeguards in place to stop people dropping off the register, as well as looking at ways we can increase registration levels," he said.
I decided then and there to continue back to Caracas and drop the New York trip to protect a key goal: safeguarding my physical integrity, protecting my life," the president said, after he had returned to Venezuela.
If we can get them moved over right off the bat onto a platform like ours that has more of an ethical safeguard, then they won't notice a drop off in performance — because it'll actually be better performance.
Last night experts claimed that safeguards to prevent such problems in London were dropped from early designs.
The Serious Fraud Office said it had decided to drop the investigation after receiving "representations" concerning the need to safeguard national and international security.
They speeded up the measured move to individual electoral registration that Labour put in place, and have stripped out the safeguards that were designed to prevent eligible voters dropping off the register".
"I decided then and there to continue back to Caracas and drop the New York trip to protect a key goal: safeguarding my physical integrity, protecting my life," he said.
