A National Communications Team Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Charles Bissue says Members of Parliament (MP) should have amended the E-Levy if they felt it would be a burden on the people and then pass the budget instead of rejecting it totally.
The 2022 budget statement was on Friday rejected by the country’s Parliament after a heated debate.
The rejection was made possible after all 137 Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) voted against the motion on Friday while members of the Majority Caucus had abandoned their seats in protest against alleged bias on the part of the Speaker of Parliament
Prior to the crucial voting, the Speaker had called for a head count to establish if the House had form a quorum in order to proceed.
A quorum was formed per the Speaker’s judgement even though members of the Majority caucus had staged a walkout .
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All members of the Minority Caucus proceeded to reject the 2022 budget when the question on the motion for the approval of the budget was put out.
The House is expected to reconvene on Tuesday November 30th to deliberate further on the matter as the Majority cry foul.
Speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Mr Charles Bissue said,”If you feel the E-Levy is big, we have to debate it, there is the appropriation and all that, you can say it is to much and so let us reduce it.”
Meanwhile, he said the rejection of the budget rather makes the country ungovernable, saying that people’s salary cannot be paid because the budget was not approved.
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