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The Minority in Parliament staged a walk out from Parliament while deliberations were ongoing on the the newly-imposed 17.5% Special Petroleum Tax. The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper submitted the bill to Parliament on Wednesday after presenting the 2015 budget statement and requested for Parliamentary approval. But the Minority refused to participate in the debate on the bill, stressing that it will not be part of what it said was an attempt to deepen the hardship of Ghanaians. The Majority side however proceeded to pass the bill into law.