{"id":1008570,"date":"2022-03-02T13:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/02\/joe-wise-will-be-resisted-if-he-attempts-to-vote-while-presiding-bawa\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T13:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:55:35","slug":"joe-wise-will-be-resisted-if-he-attempts-to-vote-while-presiding-bawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/02\/joe-wise-will-be-resisted-if-he-attempts-to-vote-while-presiding-bawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Wise will be resisted if he attempts to vote while presiding \u2013 Bawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Member of parliament (MP) for Bongo Constituency, Edward Abambire Bawa, has said there will be resistance from the Minority group if the 1st Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, decides to cast his vote as a member of the House while presiding as the Speaker.<\/p>\n

This comes following a statement made by the 1st Deputy Speaker to engage himself in any voting proceedings on the E-levy while presiding as the Speaker.<\/p>\n

However, while speaking on JoyNews\u2019 AM show, Mr. Bawa responded to the 1st Deputy Speaker\u2019s statement, saying he will be matched squarely and resisted if he attempts to vote on the e-levy as the presiding Speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can take my words to the bank; he will be matched squarely on that; he will be resisted. That you can take to the bank, it is an assurance I am giving you,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

According to him, there are many other means governments can manage the economy without introducing more taxes to generate revenue, like using resources judiciously.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue of making resources available for the government for development must not necessarily be as a result of trying to look for more money. You can also look at cutting down expenditure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the Minority group has proposed various ways the economic crises in the country can be managed by the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have given government areas that we can look out to cut the expenditure and still be able to make that 6.9 billion cedi. Unless the government is not telling us the truth then we have a challenge,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n

The government has proposed an electronic levy of 1.75% when it presented its fiscal policy to the people\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n

But, the proposal has suffered a public backlash from the Minority group in Parliament and various opinion groups. <\/p>\n

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