continues."I will actively be involved one way or another, but I have not made that final decision," Abdullah said when asked if he would run in 2019.Looking ahead to next April's vote, Abdullah was candid about the lack of progress made in correcting the weaknesses in Afghanistan's fraud-plagued electoral system.He said he was 'disappointed' by parliamentary elections in October, which were marred by a shambolic rollout of new biometric polling technology and missing or incomplete voter lists."Our expectations for the parliamentary elections and the conduct of them was much higher, and the people's expectations were much higher," he said.There were thousands of complaints lodged against the Independent Electoral Commission, although four million voters did defy the security worries to turn out and cast a ballot.The unity government hadpledged to tackle problems that have repeatedly undermined faith in Afghan elections since the US-led invasion in 2001 overthrew the Taliban government in Kabul.But Abdullah suggested that these efforts, like in other areas, have been hit by the fractious nature of decision-making in the multi-party government."It was the commitment of the unity government in 2014... that we will start implementing reforms. We started very late. Why did we do that?" he asked.Abdullah's defeats in 2009 and then again in 2014 -- when he won the first round but slumped to a surprise defeat in the second -- led to political crises which threatened to unravel the country's fragile political system.Should observers fear another tainted poll?"There were a lot of lessons from the parliamentary elections. Should we and other