Transport Undersecretary for Rails Cesar Chavez was not in command of a government department when he resigned, as his post was essentially subordinate to that of the secretary of the Department of Transportation (DoTr). But because of the circumstances of his departure from office and his announced reasons for quitting, we believe that his resignation deserves to be highlighted in its own way.

It has much to teach the nation about the long entrenched fact in Philippine bureaucratic and political culture that no incumbent official resigns his or her office. Resignation is regarded as unthinkable and anathema by public officials, appointed or elected, because doing so would imply culpability or guilt.

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