Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi, has alleged that members of the Minority in Parliament have been urging their Majority colleagues to ensure the passage of the controversial Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy) Bill.
According to him, the public opposition by the Minority in Parliament is just to score political points and to please their party faithful who are opposed to the levy.
Speaking to residents in his constituency in Akan during a town hall meeting, Mr. Okyere Baafi, noted that the NDC MPs have been publicly condemning the implementation of the Bill just to play to the gallery.
“The NDC MPs are supporting us in private and they want us to tell you people so that you support it. They say they cannot tell the masses to support it publicly but we are in Parliament with them. We are a few in Parliament so we are all friends. So please let’s embrace the e-levy so that it can help all of us,” he revealed.
The Lawmaker indicated that calls on the country to go to the International Monetary Fund is not the best as it will force the country to cancel various policies such as the Free SHS which has come to provide Secondary Education for Ghanaians of school-going age.
“Let’s accept the e-levy. One thing we did not say that I want to hammer on is the fact that if the e-levy is not accepted and we go to the IMF for money, they will tell us to cancel Free SHS. When it is canceled, your children who have completed their basic education and are ready for their secondary education cannot go to school for free.”
