Not surprising. I knew that that whole thing about her
'considering' calls to resign was just a wayang.
I don't know how her logic works. The way I see it, if you
screwed up once, then it's your responsibility to stay to fix
things.
However, once you've royally screwed up several times in a
row in a matter of days, the more responsible thing to do is to
step aside and let someone else more capable take over.
I can accept that she may not be directly responsible for
causing the breakdowns. However, as a leader she was responsible
for making sure that such breakdowns are minimised and that the
response to them would be adequate - and in that respect she has
failed miserably.
And no, I'm not being melodramatic about this. SMRT's response
management to mechanical breakdowns over the past few days was
deplorable.
If this will be the same response as that of
a terrorist strike in an MRT station, we will be seeing
thousands of body bags - many of those being the direct result of
such mismanagement.
