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It’ll Be ‘Contemptuous’ to Implement E-Levy Despite Court Case – Ablakwa
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has cautioned government against the implementation of the controversial electronic transfer levy, popularly known as E-levy, while a case against it is pending at the Supreme Court.
The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, filed an injunction application at the Supreme Court in Accra against the implementation of the levy, which was supposed to take effect in May 2022.
The court has scheduled the hearing of the case for May 4, 2022.
The North Tongu legislator on Eyewitness News defended the move by the Minority Caucus.
“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 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 government cannot go ahead to implement the levy,” he added.
He thus cautioned 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.
