 For example, when the position of President of India becomes vacant, the Vice-President of India carries out the essential functions of the presidency until a successor is elected; in contrast, when the position of President of the Philippines is vacant, the Vice-President of the Philippines outright assumes the presidency itself for the rest of the term.Organizations without hereditary or statutory order of succession require succession planning if power struggles prompted by power vacuums are to be avoided.It is often the case that the inheritance of a hereditary title, office or the like, is indivisible, i.e.