Resignation at what cost? | Inquirer Opinion

To those who are calling for P-Noy’s resignation: Are you out of your minds? Rational behavior requires an action, or decision, to be “worth it”—that the extra benefits arising from that action should exceed the extra costs. I challenge them to show that this is the case in P-Noy’s resignation. I am, of course, talking about benefits and costs to the country, not to private individuals.Off the top of my head, the major cost to the country of his resignation would be that we would have Vice President Jejomar Binay in the driver’s seat, just in time for him to ensure his election in 2016 and everything that it implies. Do we really want that?What would be the benefit to the country? Or, put another way, would Jejomar Binay be better for us than P-Noy?Say what you will about P-Noy, he is not at all tainted with any charge of corruption or of unexplained wealth. And he has waged an unrelenting, albeit sometimes reluctant, war against it. And the results of that war are shown by the country’s generally improved status in international indexes of corruption and overall competitiveness. Now, judging from past experience, would Jojo Binay do any better?
via Resignation at what cost? | Inquirer Opinion.