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Hong Kong leader apologises and housing minister resigns after fire investigation exposes failures (www.france24.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Zapados@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] NihilSineNefas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This is how it should be. Politicians taking accountability for their failures.

The fires themselves should have never happened, but a world with zero accidents is an impossible scenario.

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Sadly if you just expect politicians to resign themselves you open the door for trash politicians who don't. The guy should have been explicitly fired and investigated instead