House Speaker Scott Saiki announced Tuesday he is not interested in becoming the state’s next lieutenant governor.

“I have no desire to be the next lieutenant governor of Hawaii,” Saiki said in a written statement.

Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui announced Monday he will resign effective today and vacate his office, but his job as second in command of the state government has had no immediate takers.

State law sets out a chain of succession for the lieutenant governor, and calls for the job to pass to the president of the state Senate, then to the speaker of the state House of Representatives and then to the state attorney general if the others decline the appointment.

Senate President Ron Kouchi said Monday he isn’t interested in the job of lieutenant governor himself.

State Attorney General Doug Chin, who is next in line for the job, said late Tuesday that he plans to announce a decision Friday.

“I will talk it over with my family and announce my decision on Friday,” Chin said in a statement. He previously had said he was focused on wrapping up his work as attorney general and campaigning for the congressional seat representing urban Honolulu.

If Chin refuses, the chain of succession then passes to the governor’s Cabinet, starting with the state director of finance.