MPs throw punches in Ghana parliament floor over budget
Guardian, 22 Dec 2021
MPs grappled with each other in a fight in Ghana's parliament during a proposed tax debate for electronic transactions on Monday.
The 1.75% e-levy, which would include taxes on mobile money payments, has been challenged by the opposition for weeks, pushing the national budget announcement back.
Members of parliament rushed the front of the chamber and started fighting each other after deputy speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu suggested the tax be debated in an urgency procedure
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