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“I will Not Resign, Go And Hang”-Mpuuga Defiantly Tells Off Bobi Wine
My attention has been drawn to an unsigned document purportedly attributed
to my Party, the National Unity Platform; calling for my resignation inter-alia based
on falsehoods and terrible misapprehension of facts including basic ones.
Let me initially reconfirm my commitment to the core values of the Party, which I
verily understand and cherish more than many now, embroiled in mischief. I shall
continue to be of service to my Party among others; in helping to educate all
those interested and able to learn the culture of institutional building.
The duties and roles of the Parliamentary Commission are well stipulated in the
laws of the land, and coughed in basic language. An issue I shared and labored
to educate my comrades with whom we interacted in an informal conversation
at the party offices.
It is the same commission that votes funds to all political offices, including the
LOP’s office.
It takes care of the welfare of ordinary members and their leaders in Parliament,
including determining the range of legally permissible payments, that may be
salary, allowances, gratuity, honoraria, car grants among others.
Every decision of the Commission to confer or reward anyone under its charge, is
subjected to the relevant committees of Parliament for legality, feasibility,
sustainability and relevancy.
To call any such payments corruption is the highest level of spite, double
standards and deliberate misrepresentation to the public and membership of the
Party on a purely selfish mission.
If such payments amounted to corruption, all current and previous MPs would be
compelled to refund to the public coffers monies paid as gratuity or honoraria
since no MP, current and previous was not paid gratuity at the determination of
the parliamentary Commission.
The general public has every right to question the decisions of their leaders at
every level. This right should never be exploited by self-seekers, opportunists and
populists to undermine, berate and smear those they consider in unpalatable
terms to their brand of politics.
The campaign to character assassinate me is deliberate, and I am perfectly
aware. It’s well orchestrated and well-funded. I am ready for the worst, if it takes
this sacrifice to return sanity and common sense to our politics.
I am available as ever to help this young party rid any form of corruption from its
rank and file and especially that ingrained at the base of the party.
I accordingly decline the cowardly call on me to resign as a parliamentary
Commissioner, based on spite, envy and deliberate misrepresentation.
The general public is aware and alive to the internal intrigue and machinations
unfortunately within this young party over the last 2 ½ years, during my occupation
of the coveted office of the LOP. It became the official style of different party
leaders to undermine my work, including hiring of bloggers to abuse and insult my
person.
I stayed committed and calm throughout these most compelling times, because
the call to serve above self remained my creed.
I wish to assure the general membership of NUP and all change seeking forces
that, this shall remain my resolve; and I cannot be deterred by small-group- family
interests being peddled to blur the bigger picture of how the Party is being
managed without transparency.
I will not stop raising important questions on the actions, motivation and direction
of different actors in the Party, even in the face of the current tribulations, well-
choreographed to undermine and depict me as unfit to lead.
Mathias Mpuuga, MP
Parliamentary Commissioner