Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed into law changes that remove foreign observers from the electoral watchdog tasked with reviewing voting fraud. The move could put Mr Karzai in conflict with Western donors, who have said they will not fund the September 18 parliamentary elections without electoral reforms following a 2009 presidential poll beset by massive fraud. The five-member Electoral Complaints Commission previously had three members appointed by the United Nations, and last year nullified a third of Mr Karzai's votes as fraudulent. A spokesan of Mr. Karzai, Siamak Herawi said the Afghan government for a long time has wanted to Afghanise the electoral process, and 10 days ago the cabinet ratified the amendment and the president endorsed it. He said parliament could not overturn the law since Mr Karzai had signed it into effect when the legislature was in recess.