METRO Rail Transit (MRT) General Manager Al Vitangcol may resign anytime he wishes but he will remain accountable for any wrongdoing even if he quits his post, Malacañang said on Friday.

According to Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., the embattled MRT chief, who went on leave following his alleged involvement in the $30-million extortion attempt on a Czech firm that supplies train coaches, may opt to resign but that would not exonerate him if indeed he was involved.

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