Ablakwa warns government against implementation of E-levy while the case is pending in court
Legislator for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has warned the government against the implementation of the Electronic Transaction levy also known as the E-levy while a case against it is in the Apex court.
This follows an interlocutory injunction filed against the application of the levy on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at the Supreme Court, which was supposed to take effect in May 2022.
As it stands now the court has scheduled the hearing of the case for May 4, 2022.
The North Tongu legislator however defended the Minority Caucus move.
“The substantive case which we filed on the 30th of March has not been heard yet, and we do not want to sit unconcerned when the government intends to go ahead and implement the unconstitutional levy, by which time irreparable harm would have been done.”
“Once we have filed this application and served the parties, I have been advised by my lawyers that it serves as a stay, and the government cannot go-ahead to implement the levy,” he added.
He thus warned the government to tread cautiously as it stands to be in “Contempt of the Supreme Court” should it go ahead and implement the E-Levy on May 1, 2022, while the substantive case is yet to be determined.
