Easy answers first.
If the special levies were passed at a general meeting, then yes you have to pay them. Failure to pay will usually incur interest payments and you lose your voting rights.
If this is maintenance work, then the OC has an obligation to effect repairs irrespective of the circumstances.
If this is not repairs, find some other owners who would like the levies and works deferred.
Notify the secretary that you want to put a motion to defer the non repairs and levies.
You need a minimum number of owners to support this in order to call an egm.
It’s then only a matter of having a majority at the meeting to approve your motion.