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My answer is a qualified yes – 1) If the resignation is accompanied by a media/public discussion of the importance of governments being held accountable for long-term strategies for DRR, and 2) Only if the new government focusses their attentions on implementing over-arching policies focussed on DRR. Without these, there is little benefit to furthering the culture of DRR. On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Ilan Kelman <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > This list has frequently discussed accountability for disaster. In Latvia, > we see it in action http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25120936 with > the Prime Minister resigning over the supermarket roof collapse. Is this an > appropriate reaction, is this the accountability that we seek? > > Ilan > > http://www.ilankelman.org > -- Vivienne Bryner PhD Candidate University of Otago Centre for Science Communication (http://www.sciencecommunication.info/) Geology Department (http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/) Ph 021 298 5453