Look here: Just because there was no commissioner, that doesn't mean that work didn't go on. If something is referred to us, obviously we look at it. We do preliminaries, and then a decision is made on whether there should be an investigation or not. Once there is an investigation, obviously it becomes one.
The preliminary work has been done on these eight cases. Soon I will get a report from my people on what they recommend, and we'll decide whether to proceed, whether to dismiss them, etc. It's not a big backlog. It's perfectly handleable and we will do it.
The problem really arises because this act, in comparison to other acts, does not provide that in the absence of the commissioner, he may assign the deputy commissioner or some people to do something. There is nothing, and that's really the problem.