Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader in Parliament, claims that the contentious E-Levy has already been approved by Parliament.
According to the Suame Member of Parliament (MP), the E-Levy still needs legislative support from Parliament.
His remarks follow threats by the minority party in the House of Representatives to oppose the E-Levy, a tax policy they describe as ‘draconian’ and ‘insensitive.’
However, speaking at a capacity-building workshop for Parliament’s Majority caucus and some Ministers of State, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs stated that the question of approval for the E-Levy was long answered when Parliament took certain actions.
“The difficulty for me is when people are kicking against the e-levy when you know that in the adoption of the motion to approve the budget which contains the e-levy as a policy, we approved of that so it means that the first step has already been mounted. The receivables of the e-levy have been factored into the various estimates approved for all the sectors. That is the second thing we did. Thirdly, we encapsulated everything into the appropriations bill and passed it unanimously”, he explained.
What this means for the Majority Leader is that “you have approved of the E-Levy”.
