The Big Issue<\/em><\/strong>, Yaw Oppong described government’ s decision as unlawful.<\/p>\n\u201cAt least I started reading it[budget] and I saw that the Minister said that this is the budget for the year ending 31, December, 2015 and therefore I expect that whatever is contained in that appropriation bill if it is approved, should be only for 2015″<\/p>\n
\u201cArticle 179 states that the President shall be called to be prepare and lay before Parliament at least one month before the end of the financial year \u00a0estimates of the revenues and expenditure of the government of Ghana for the following financial year so I understand that to mean that this budget is to be approved for application in the year 2015…,\u201d the legal practitioner explained.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cto take a portion of the appropriation of the bill meant for next year and \u00a0actually implementing it this year is contrary to the clear provision of the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on the same platform, the Executive Director of Imani Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe described the decision as irresponsible and fraudulent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is irresponsible.. The fact that you[government] have stated that this will be in 2015 and all of a sudden under some emergency rule, you bulldoze your way. It is fraudulent. It is disingenous as well.You can\u2019t do that,\u201d Franklin Cudjoe fumed.<\/p>\n
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