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