In a functioning democratic country …

A prime minister steps down in response to public outrage over an inept response to a natural disaster? Some other planet, surely.

Prime Minister of Taiwan Quits Over Typhoon Response

BEIJING — The prime minister of Taiwan resigned Monday after widespread criticism of the government’s response to a deadly typhoon and said that his successor would replace the entire cabinet this week.

The announcement at a news conference by the prime minister, Liu Chao-shiuan, came as a surprise, even though the government had come under intense pressure for what many Taiwanese called its inept handling of the response to Typhoon Morakot, which left at least 700 people dead or missing ….

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