News:
March 10, 2020
Former fourth Deputy Speaker of the Community Parliament in the fourth Legislature Orlando Pereira Dias has said its wrong for Cape Verde to denied the opportunity of occupying the third Deputy Speaker in the fifth Legislature that was inaugurated on Monday 9th of March 2020 in Niger for non-payment of its Levy.
According to him the issues of Community levy should be left for the Authority of Heads of States to deal with and not lawmakers representing their countries denied opportunities.
This issue came up strongly on Tuesday 10th March 2020 when the committee of Selection was meeting to have lawmakers serve in various committees.
Leader of the Cote d’lvoire delegation to the fifth legislature Gbocho Marcel Monney was of the view that composing new Committees for the fifth Legislature pointed out that countries like her country, Niger and Ghana that are up to day with the payment of their county levy should be considered over those who have not paid.
As the Community Levy is the funds that are used in undertaking activities in ECOWAS, chairman of the Selection Committee Edwin Marvin Junior noted that in the case of Cape Verde, it is the reason why when it came up on Monday during the inauguration the Speaker noted that he would meet the delegation so that is addressed so that Cape Verde is not denied any opportunity that they deserve in the ECOWAS.
Mr. Nassirou Halidou on his part noted that it is true that ECOWAS needs the levy but all the countries are not economically the same others need to be encourage and other end of the day they would pay all outstanding levies.
Other delegates from Cape Verde who are at the meeting were not happy that their country was being taken on when the issues was supposed to be address at the governmental level, other MPs who contributed were of the vey the action being taken would give the MPs the opportunity to put pressure on their government to pay the Community levy.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com/Niger