The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the general public to await for the outcome of the case filed at the Supreme Court by a concerned citizen with regard to the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.
This comment comes after Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday February 28, 2024 passed the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, 21 bill also known as the anti-LGBTQI+ bill.
The Bill seeks to unequivocally criminalise LGBTQI+ activities.
Reacting to calls to assent to the bill in a statement posted on Facebook by Director of Communication at the presidency, Eugene Arhin on March 4, Akufo-Addo noted the anxiety expressed by members of the diplomatic community in relation to this matter.
“I have learnt that, today, a challenge has been mounted at the Supreme Court by a concerned citizen to the constitutionality of the proposed legislation. In the circumstances, it would be, as well, for all of us to hold our hands, and await the decision of the Court before any action is taken.”
“I am aware that last week’s bi-partisan passage by Parliament of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, on a Private Member’s motion, has raised considerable anxieties in certain quarters of the diplomatic community and amongst some friends of Ghana that she may be turning her back on her, hitherto, enviable, longstanding record on human rights observance and attachment to the rule of law. I want to assure you that no such back-sliding will be con-templated or occasioned,”
“The operation of the institutions of the Ghanaian state will determine the future trajectory of the rule of law and human rights compliance in our country,” President Akufo-Addo added.
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