The Supreme Court has ordered the Attorney General to file a statement of case within 14 days on the suit by the Minority in Parliament challenging the passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy).
Following the controversial passage of the E-Levy, three NDC MPs, namely Haruna Iddrissu, Mahama Ayariga, and Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa on March 30, 2022, prayed the apex court for it to declare as unconstitutional the e-levy law.
In their writ, the three MPs argued that Parliament did not have the required numbers when the law was passed.
Pending the hearing of the substantive motion, the three filed an injunction against the implementation of the bill, but that was dismissed by the Supreme Court last month.
In court on Thursday, May 26, 2022, a Principal State Attorney representing the Attorney General, Cynthia Quartey, urged the Court to grant them an extension to enable them to file their statement of the case.
In response, Lead Counsel for the Minority MPs, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, did not oppose the request on the basis that they would also get the opportunity to reply to the statement when filed.
Presiding as a sole judge, Justice Clemence Honyenuga granted the wish of the Attorney General and gave the department 14 days to file their statement with the assurances of the court that the three MPs will get to respond to the statement when filed.