APPOINTED and elected public officials should emulate the actions of Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte who resigned from his post out of “delicadeza” (a sense of propriety), anti-corruption advocates said Tuesday.

Dante Jimenez, chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), said government officials should show the same dignity and respect for public office like what the vice mayor had shown.

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