Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the 2024 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has clarified that Dr. Bawumia never supported the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy).
His clarification follows recent comments by Dr. Bawumia, who cited the arrogance of power, the high cost of living, the failure to reshuffle government officials, the E-Levy, and the controversial haircut policy as major factors behind the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 general elections.
Speaking in an interview with Charles Owusu-Kumi on Channel One Newsroom, Miracles Aboagye said Dr. Bawumia had consistently opposed taxing digital transactions.
“If you have a leader who is able to admit such shortfalls, then that is a leader you can trust. Once you acknowledge your challenges, you’re like 50% solving them…Dr Bawumia acknowledged the high cost of living and made certain proposals to deal with that.
“He has always had issues with E-levy. He’s on public record, indicating that he doesn’t think that we should under any circumstances place any form of taxes or levies on digital transactions,” he stated.
Aboagye added that Dr. Bawumia’s openness about the party’s shortcomings is a step in the right direction for rebuilding the NPP.
“If he’s outlining these things, coming out for some of the reasons for our loss, I think it’s a way to go. It’s a better way to rebuild as an organisation than to gloss over them and pretend as if they didn’t exist,” he said.
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