Don't delay the vote. They can continue to vote and vote and vote for years to come. But don't delay the first vote - stay on schedule. Also stay with them until they have voted several times. Then stay until they are secure - just as we did in Japan and Germany.
In my opinion, it is difficult to refute the basic good common sense of this article, as I think any student of democracy would attest. However, it has apparently already been decided that it is a political necessity to hold national elections right away. I am not denying that there may be no choice about it, but I am lamenting it.