The electoral body does not reward those who make a mockery of the institutional procedure. Changing the law again during the same term would have served a serious blow to the Prime Minster's credibility given that he had dismissed such an eventuality as ridiculous just a few months ago and assured that he would play by the rules as this is the responsible thing to do.
By keeping the law as it is, the Prime Minister tried to appease thinking voters, moderate centrists whose choice makes a difference and is critical in deciding who is going to be the winner of the elections who are greatly concerned about the phone-tapping affair and would easily forgive such an unprecedented move as a second change of the election by the same administration in the same term. Such a move could, in fact, have cost New Democracy a significant number of votes.
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