(the artiste formerly known as *45 Minutes To Forever*)

Monday, December 01, 2008

Thanks, but no thanks.

I have always wondered what gain is achieved by politicians/leaders resigning just after a crisis.

It seems like the easy way out - fail miserably at the job you've been entrusted with, and then when we need to ask you questions about how we ended up in a mess, make loud proclamations of condemnation and outrage, and then announce your resignation, attempting to accrue mileage by looking like a martyr for the cause. Easily done. You won't have to defend your actions or be held responsible.

I'd rather they stayed all in their posts and were hauled over the coals appropriately.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I totally agree! I would have rather they had been fired, in fact I was hoping they'd be after a few days of grueling questioning.

Ajith Alexander said...

I always thought it was more a case of their being raked over the coals first and then asked to submit their resignation...
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fortyfiveminutes said...

@RainMaker420: That's how we would like it to be. Being asked to submit a resignation would be too polite an approach. Being sacked would be more like it.

Anonymous said...

totally agree. they should be made to stay and clear up the mess, pro-bono.

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