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Sosu fires Afenyo Markin: ‘NDC MPs prefer to die fighting E-Levy’

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Outspoken Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has rebutted a comment by Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin about the behaviour of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators over the E-Levy.

Mr Afenyo-Markin had stated that some NDC MPs were putting their deteriorating health at risk by refusing to seek medical care abroad so that they can participate in parliamentary sittings and oppose the E-Levy bill.

But in a sharp rebuttal, Mr Sosu stated that the MPs don’t mind engaging in the ultimate sacrifice to protect Ghanaians from paying that levy.

“The 137 NDC MPs will rather die fighting the senseless insensitive and regressive E-levy than to travel and allow your government to pass the wicked E-levy. There can be no progress or achievement without sacrifice. We are ready to die for Ghana,” Sosu wrote on Facebook.

The E-Levy has been a most contentious issue since the 2022 Budget was read last year November.

The NDC MPs have opposed it and have demonstrated their readiness to vote against it in Parliament.

Outside Parliament, there appears to be overwhelming opposition to the levy, with various groups planning demonstrations against it.

Meanwhile, the government is determined to impose the unpopular tax.