We are in support of your stance against the E-levy – PPP to NDC MPs
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has expressed its displeasure with the proposed Electronic Transactions Levy, which was unveiled in the Minister of Finance’s 2022 budget announcement on Wednesday, November 17.
“We are against this new tax measure because we believe the solution to the current economic challenges in the country is not the imposition of new taxes to raise revenue,” Kofi Asamoah Siaw, the party’s 2020 Vice Presidential Candidate.
According to the statement, the government has failed to account to the people who gave them the mandate to rule. The PPP stated that the Akufo-Addo-led administration needed to manage national revenue prudently.
“We are opposed to this budget proposal because the government has failed to demonstrate clear accountability in the management of public funds.
“What we have is the empty sloganeering such as, ‘Protecting the Public Purse’, whilst in actual fact, the purse is leaking profusely, as the Auditor-General keeps reporting, or the deliberate set-up of a looting machine to dissipate public funds to the benefit of party functionaries and appointees of the regime.”
It stated that the legislative branch of government’s responsibility is to reflect the people’s interests and ambitions and that Ghanaians are “unified” in their opposition to the levy, also known as the E-levy.
“To this end, we call on all our Members of Parliament, and especially the NDC Minority, to remain resolute in the defence of the people of Ghana by rejecting this insensitive E-levy proposal,” the statement urged.
It went on to say that if the E-levy is accepted in any shape or form, it will impede economic activity and growth, “It will worsen the already dire and precarious economic and harsh living conditions of the citizenry”.
“Parliament should note that they are not alone in their patriotic opposition to the 2022 budget.
“The PPP stands shoulder-to-shoulder with our MPs in Parliament in your bid to exercising your parliamentary oversight to reject the 2022 budget and more especially the E-Levy.”
Source: Richard Mensah Adonu | Join our Telegram Group
