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| Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader of Parliament. |
The Parliamentary Minority Caucus intends to take the contentious
Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) to the Supreme Court.
Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader, declared in a news conference on
Tuesday, March 29, 2022, that the passage was illegal because Parliament lacked
the necessary numbers to vote on the e-levy.
“The Majority of less than 137 conducting business only proceeded on
illegal and unconstitutional business. Parliament did not have the numbers to
take any decision that should be binding on Parliament and Ghanaians.”
“I think they have to come again on E-levy because as of today, I don’t
think they had the numbers to say that the E-levy has been passed. We will
question this decision in [the Supreme] court on the basis of the earlier
ruling and on the basis of the fact that they said we can’t take a decision
with 137 [members], but they can take with 137.”
Due to a boycott, the Minority was unable to participate in the second
and third reading phases of the e-levy.
The boycott, however, had little effect on Parliament approving the tax.
The fee, which has been reduced from 1.75 percent to 1.5 percent as of
today, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, will be a tax on electronic transactions,
including mobile money payments.
The fee will be applied to electronic transactions totaling more than
GH100 each day.
Because none of the Minority MPs were present to move the amendments in
their names, all of the planned changes were withdrawn.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, expressed astonishment at the
departure by the Minority, but said that it would not disrupt the proceedings.
Source:
ghananews.hrforum.uk
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