 After being informed of his dismissal, Galbraith wrote Ban Ki-moon a letter accusing Eide of helping to cover up electoral fraud and favoring Hamid Karzai.On 11 December 2009 Kai Eide, announced that he would step down from his post in March.He said he was not resigning but simply fulfilling a commitment he made to his family in March 2008 to spend only two years in Kabul.