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Dr. Clement Apaak, Member of Parliament for Builsa South, has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of using the 2025 mini-budget as a bargaining tool to pressure the Minority to support its proposals.<\/p>\n
His comments come after the Finance Minister failed to present the mini-budget in Parliament as scheduled.<\/p>\n
Speaking during an interview on Point Blank<\/em> on Eyewitness News<\/em> on Citi FM on Thursday, Dr. Apaak criticized the government\u2019s approach, labelling it as unacceptable and manipulative. \u201cThis is not how governance should be conducted,\u201d he remarked, urging the government to prioritize national interest over political brinkmanship.<\/p>\n\u201cFrom all indications, it is clear that the NPP side very strangely seems to think that it can use what Ghanaians expect all of us to do in the service of the nation as a bargaining chip somehow to try and get us to agree to a number of proposals that they want us to deal with, including the tax exemption, and I don\u2019t think that is acceptable at all,\u201d Dr Apaak stated.<\/p>\n
He further criticised the finance minister for failing to present the mini-budget to Parliament, noting that this was the fourth day they had expected the minister to appear.<\/p>\n
\u201cI say so because this is the fourth day that we expected the minister to just simply appear in parliament, stand up and then bow in recognition of what he ought to do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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