He had previously stood as a Communist candidate in school elections.

"A single voting day will put more visibility on school elections," he said.

Political parties have kept their clubs away from school elections.

The best country-wide school election was in 1993 when it won 2.5% of the national vote.

"It makes no sense to go ahead with school elections now based on what little information we have," he said.

The crackdown on spending is linked to the school elections.

These classmates were running against one another in a school election, and she was simply campaigning for his vote.

Green had won a school election, and a neighbor wanted to encourage her.

She also takes on the task of running the school elections.

The school elections would be held in November instead of spring to encourage greater participation.