However, the caretaker conventions impose some restrictions on the conduct of the caretaker government.
The incumbent caretaker government and the country went on a war footing, with mobilisation and other measures.
Demonstrations were held the following day in major cities, even though such protests were made unlawful by the interim caretaker government earlier in 2007.
His caretaker government lasted beyond the general elections in 1973, which did not set a clear majority for any party.
When he was officially named as the head of the caretaker government, he lifted the curfew.
Prior to his resignation, he accepted the resignations of nine of the ten advisors of the caretaker government.
Before the elections, the army-backed caretaker government took measures to eliminate corruption from the process.
The cabinet was asked to stay as a caretaker government until a new administration was formed after elections.
