The government 's early relief efforts were inept .
政府先前的安抚救灾工作是无能的。
The result has been a succession of inept leaders and the absence of a coherent policy agenda .
结果，无能的领导人接连上台，却始终缺乏一项具有连贯性的政策议程。
This suggests that many second-act chief executives deserve some of the blame for the problems they have to fix , if only because of inept succession planning .
