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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.
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