Abraham Boafo, Oti Regional Deputy Communications officer for the NDC has said that the government must be a bit conscious and feel the pains and economic hazards depressing the citizenry at all levels on daily basis, and reverse the electronic transaction levy which was fiercely resisted by the sovereign owners of this Republic but found it way to become a law by illegitimate means by people in authority on the majority side of the 8th parliament.
Speaking to Ohene Kinnah on Plan B Fm’s Ebanoosen, Mr Abraham stated that during the townhall meetings held by the various government agencies on this E levy policy
“we were told to accept the policy so we don’t go to the international monetary fund for loan, since that will lead to economic setbacks, now we have the E levy operating but we are still going to IMF for same loans to come and setback the economy as they claimed”
“It will be morally and economically upright for government to cancel and withdraw the E-levy as it heads to IMF for a bailout, the citizens paying E-levy and the same time the nation going to IMF, to me is a scam that need to checked and resisted in the interest of patriotism and nationalism” he added.
In conclusion he said that imposing E- levy on us and at the same time going to IMF for a bailout which the citizens shall pay back later through taxes will certainly lead to double taxation, because it is certain and instructive that, the E- levy proceeds are not enough to think of paying- off the loans of IMF should we be granted same, so one could presume an imposition of a different form of taxation in the nearby future so government can pay- off the yet to acquire IMF loans.
“I am pleading with the Hon speaker and minority leader to use the powers of Parliament in article 108, of the 1992 constitution to push this confused government to cancel the lazy E-levy before granting them the approval to go for loan from the IMF.”
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