The hope is that it will not take too long, for fear a power vacuum could develop.
VOA: standard.2010.03.07
The power vacuum is likely to continue for some time. Election resultsmust be finalized before a government can be formed, the vote is being recounted.
VOA: standard.2010.05.10
Materials and technologies that are suited for a vacuum, zero gravity, and extreme cold and heat are not the ones we typically can use on Earth.
He said that legislators had a duty to the public to make it clear exactly what would happen in that situation and that legislators in Westminster do not legislate for a vacuum.