Head of Qld's CMC stands down THE head of Queensland's top crime fighting body, the Crime and Misconduct Commission, has stood down as he continues a long battle with cystic fibrosis, amid allegations he's failed the state. CMC chairman Ross Martin resigned on Friday afternoon, revealing he's preparing to undergo a lung transplant. He said he's been in hospital for the past 10 days. "I no longer have the resources of health necessary to continue to perform the job," Mr Martin told reporters. I will not be coming back. I wish my successor and the CMC success in their vital work. Mr Martin has been under fire from Premier Campbell Newman and Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie over a series of bungles involving confidential files. The commission recently found out it had accidentally publicly released dozens of sensitive files from the 1989 Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption, and shredded dozens more. The premier and attorney general said on Friday that Mr Martin should accept responsibility, as a minister would, and resign. The bipartisan Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee (PCMC), which oversees the CMC, is investigating how the bungles happened and who is responsible. Mr Martin said the attorney-general had spoken about ministerial responsibility as an informing principle in regard to his position. "A principle similar to ministerial responsibility has force in the present context, whatever might emerge from the review," he said. That said, a CMC chair should not be too ready to resign, lest the organisation's independence be too readily undermined. The CMC chair's position has powerful statutory entrenchment to defend its security against political whim. Assistant Commissioner Warren Strange will immediately assume the position of acting chair. Mr Martin thanked his family and the officers and staff of the CMC for supporting him. My family have suffered my pursuit of a career for too long. They are entitled to as much of my time as I can give them," he said. I thank my staff for their dedicated, largely unsung, devotion to the virtues of fighting crime and of integrity. I wish my successor and CMC generally the very best in its vital work.