He says the point of his rearguard action is not to defend the hereditaries but to ensure that the reformed house is at least as independent as the present one, and that the government does not use its newly announced royal commission as an excuse to abolish the hereditaries and then do nothing to fill the vacuum.
Whether he can meet even that deadline depends partly on what outsiders do to fill the vacuum left by the withdrawal of the Italian-led multinational force.
Instead, the report does nothing to fill the policy vacuum that is being filled by an argument over what to do about the decade-old Bush tax cuts.
The objections have essentially blocked the formation of a new government, and the failure to do so has created a political vacuum more than four months after Iraqis elected their parliament.
The BBC's Musonda Chibamba in Lusaka says many Zambians doubt that he will be able to do so and want concrete information on how soon the leadership vacuum can be filled.
The first is that market and social forces do not operate in a vacuum.
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Granted, it often is, but like with most behaviors, the intent and authenticity of what we do cannot be judged in a vacuum.
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The Ethiopians say they are keen to go but do not want to leave a security vacuum.
We're trying to change round decades, indeed centuries of conflict so what we do know is that where there is a political vacuum, where there is instability in the democratic institutions then the men of violence will try to wreck this peace process.
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One recommendation is to ensure that European nations "fill the vacuum of responsibility" if the relevant authorities, in this case Libya, do not fulfill their search and rescue obligations off their shores, the report said.
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