Perhaps the answer is a brief interim presidential term during which more acceptable electoral arrangements can be agreed on.

Khama had some recognized successes during his interim term.

Upon completion of his interim term, Judge Willis successfully ran for the same position in 1998, receiving more than 80% of the vote.

He would serve an interim term that expires at the end of the year.

Eduardo Duhalde's interim term was strongly limited by a highly mobilized society.

The interim Justice's term would continue through the end of 2015, when a new Justice can be elected.

All the appointments, from Mr. Gulotta down, would be for interim terms expiring at the end of the year.

Due to his short interim term his signature does not appear on any other Indian rupee notes.

He was elected to an interim term that fall and, without major opposition, to a full term in 1998.

Wilpon said he could not put a time on Cashen's interim term, "but I don't believe it's months.