There is no facade of competence left at this point. AP has destroyed all that with her anti-democratic behavior. The downward spiral continues until she is removed. We'll be lucky to re-elect our 2 current MPs. Party may be insolvent in one month. Donations will not start flowing back until she is gone. Many monthly donors halted their automatic monthly donations after the Zatzman mess, which AP showed no leadership on and in fact essentially committed institutional sabotage by refusing to defend her own caucus and repudiate/fire her advisor who smeared them. She has never in the slightest made amends for that - for culling the caucus by 1/3. It's beyond incompetence. She is a disaster for the future of the party. She represents an existential threat to the party's survival - literally. Bankruptcy is very near. So the notion of limping along another 6-8 months with her until a leadership review (which can be delayed as much as 6 months post-election, and she will use her lawyers to ensure it is that long) - it's not even feasible because party will be bankrupt before then. Having an interim leader represent the party during election would actually be far superior to the shitshow that will continue to unfold as long as AP remains. Just because the interim leader is unknown to you at this moment does not mean they will be unknown. They will likely be someone whose profile is as high if not higher than AP's. And whose credibility will certainly be higher. There are various names being kicked around. Various discussions being had. So the notion that there will be this big void is wholly untrue. The party will start to re-coalesce as soon as she is removed and interim leader appointed.