Pachyderms and wimps in government

High officials of more moral governments would resign when their names are linked to scandals, anomalies or even ineffective administration. A Korean official, for instance, resigned after a tragic ferry sinking just because he was responsible for the nation’s transportation.

Oh yes, Budget Secretary Butch Abad and the rest of the so-called Hyatt 10 resigned from the Arroyo Cabinet although they had no hand in the alleged election cheating of 2004. Abad and the rest mouthed high moral standards in quitting. Now, Abad simply refuses to resign even if the implementation of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) that he had conceived and supervised had been declared unconstitutional. Where’s the Abad of yesteryears?