The controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill was finally passed on Tuesday despite the Minority Members staging a walkout.
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak in reaction to proceedings in Parliament has criticized the Minority for not being able to hold the Majority by "their balls by the fire and not make them get away".
In a post on his Facebook page, he said: "Politics is hard ball and clearly NPP plays it better. The Minority’s claim is that one of its members was on his way from court, so they didn’t have the numbers.
Question, What happened to filibustering (the legitimate parliamentary process of delaying or obstructing a process). If the NPP was so determined to the point of wheeling a seriously ill MP in an ambulance to vote, the NDC had no excuse not exhausting legitimate parliamentary procedure to get its member into the chamber to vote.
According to him, "on a day where it mattered the most, leadership failed and that is what they will be remembered by when the history of this shambolic spectacle is written.
Everyone knows the NPP is horrible, but that’s why you need a serious opposition to hold their balls by the fire and not make them get away with the kind of horrendous things they are getting away with in parliament".
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TEN GOLDEN STEPS TO AVOID E LEVY LEGALLY: The incidence of the E Levy/tax is on the sender. Ten principles of digitalizing and avoiding the incidence on the sender by genuinely allowing your receiver “cash out” agreed money on your wallet with your approval/consent through the following simple steps. 1.Either Deposits your money or transfer from you bank into u wallet which is currently free/CAPPED @GH10/cheaper than 1.5% on the principal/money if you momo or directly transferred money to the receiver eg(1.5% mom tax on GH¢ 7000 being momo)= GH¢105 MOMO TAX. 2. SMS/WHATSUP your contact no, voter I'd no to u recipient to go to a known vendor/VENDOR 'S NAME KNOWN TO THE SENDER. 3. While on phone / video call with u recipient who is right in front of a vendor FOR CONFIRMATION. Your recipient will give your cell no (senders cell no) to the vendor to commence ‘’ ALLOW CASH OUT’’ process ostensibly ON THE SENDER"S cell no. Simultaneously, the SENDER/u will initiate “CASH OUT” processes. 4.communicate exact/agreed amount to withdraw to u recipient/vendor. 5.Few minutes later, a prompt from u recipient/vendor to u /SENDER on your phone to confirm WITHRAWAL. 6. Cash will be paid to your brother/recipient who is at vendor's end as if u were there physically 7. NO E LEVY WAHALA 8. Transfers charges (only withdrawal charges) 9. Tip the vendor 10. Smart Digital withdrawal technology.
I don't understand these NDC people. You said if NPP passes the E-levy bill, they will lose the 2024 elections to NDC. So now that it is passed, I was expecting the likes of Mubarak to be celebrating, rather than blowing hot air. What is clear now is that NDC was not opposing the bill for any other reason apart from trying to obstruct the government's development agenda. It is just a shame.