{"id":1064985,"date":"2022-04-23T18:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/23\/minority-e-levy-injunction-application-exercise-is-a-big-joke-senseless-kyei-mensah-bonsu\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T18:49:22","slug":"minority-e-levy-injunction-application-exercise-is-a-big-joke-senseless-kyei-mensah-bonsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/23\/minority-e-levy-injunction-application-exercise-is-a-big-joke-senseless-kyei-mensah-bonsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority E-Levy Injunction Application Exercise Is A Big Joke &#038; Senseless \u2013 Kyei Mensah Bonsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-29477\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"389\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-8.50.11-PM.png\"   alt=\"Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu\" title=\"Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>The majority in parliament rejected a bid by three minority MPs to halt the implementation of E-Levy on May 1.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The MPs have asked the Supreme Court for a temporary halt to the levy\u2019s implementation pending the outcome of a substantive case challenging its constitutionality.<\/p>\n<p>In parliament, majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu warned the NDC MPs against using internal parliamentary processes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re told they\u2019ve filed an injunction and the Minority has petitioned the Supreme Court to rule on the supposed unconstitutionality of the E-levy votes. I will just say that it is up to the Minority to prove their case in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if the House has made a decision, they can bring a motion on it. Why don\u2019t they want to? Why do they have to prove it? Finally, on the injunction, I won\u2019t say anything, but I think we both know it\u2019s a waste of time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Suame MP said the levy will go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Also slammed Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak for moving to revoke the speaker\u2019s referral of three majority MPs to the privileges committee for absenteeism.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker referred the petition against the MPs to the privileges committee, according to Suame.<\/p>\n<p>Source: TheBBCghana.Com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"td-block-row td-post-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"td-block-span6 td-post-prev-post\">\n<div class=\"td-post-next-prev-content\"><span>Previous article<\/span>Fix the system \u2013 Shatta Wale\u2019s son calls out Akufo Addo over high cost of gas cylinder \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <span class=\"td-page-meta\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Kofi Anokye, PhD\"\/><\/span><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2022-04-23T18:48:47+00:00\"\/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2022-04-23T18:48:47+00:00\"\/><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/thebbcghana.com\/minority-e-levy-injunction-application-exercise-is-a-big-joke-senseless-kyei-mensah-bonsu\/\"\/><span class=\"td-page-meta\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/thebbcghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NEW-BBC-e1587657736248.png\"\/><\/span><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"BBC Ghana Reports\"\/><\/span><meta itemprop=\"headline \" content=\"Minority E-Levy Injunction Application Exercise Is A Big Joke &#038; Senseless \u2013 Kyei Mensah Bonsu\"\/><span class=\"td-page-meta\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-8.50.11-PM.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"697\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"389\"\/><\/span> <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu The majority in parliament rejected a bid by three minority MPs to halt the implementation of E-Levy on May 1. The MPs have asked the Supreme Court for a temporary halt to the levy\u2019s implementation pending the outcome of a substantive case challenging its constitutionality. 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