Please accept this notice as my formal resignation as a Member of Parliament and as a Commissioner in Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). I understand the party Chairman is Dr. Costello Garang Riiny, but since you are SSOA representative as well as the high-ranking official from our party, I see it important to address this letter to you.
My resignation should not come to you as a surprise. Remember in the middle of last year, I asked you whether you still remember what we fought for and why we signed the agreement with government. You never gave me a reply. You will think that I must be mad to resign. You believe this government is a mana from heaven and it is an opportunity to get rich. I see it otherwise.
We have a country where about 70% of the population is illiterate and there is chronic lack of quality schools and hospitals and people are dying from hunger and preventable diseases. In my opinion, our daily thinking should be preoccupied with how we can save our people from poverty. But, since we are doing nothing to help our people, I see it fit to resign. I am resigning because serving in this government has become a mockery and a scam. My resignation should also tell others that, I am an independent thinker and I can quit when I believe what I am doing is against my belief and conscience.
We cannot continue to call ourselves leaders when the very people we serve are dying and leaders are illegitimately getting rich at their expense. People are dying from preventable diseases when men and women entrusted with service delivery fly out to get treatment for malaria and other diseases that can be treated in Juba taking with them millions of US dollars as allowances.
I came to realize that we are misleaders and South Sudanese are unlucky to be led by political conmen. I had sincerely believed that opposition was going to change the political trajectory of our country by opposing failed SPLM led government and be the voice of the people. This has turned out not to be the case. It would be a waste of time and energy staying in that Parliament. I have other things that deserve my attention than being a phony member of parliament with no voice. I can serve South Sudan in other capacities as a private citizen.
Sincerely,
Mabior Riiny Lual
Former MP, R-TNLA
