Ghana: Refusal By Office of President to Receive Anti - Lgbtqi Bill Contemptuous

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has described as"contemptuous of Parliament" for the decision by the Office of the President not to receive the passed Proper Human Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021.

But the Speaker held that interpreting the"mere" filling of an injunction application as though same had been granted and on the basis of that halt the legislative process, runs the risk of unduly fettering the work of Parliament. He further argued that the act of transmission forms part of the procedural progression of a Bill within the structured framework established by the 1992 Constitution in Article 106 and could not be stopped by any legal process.

There must be a steadfast rejection of any attempts to unduly fetter or hinder the work of Parliament, the Speaker stressed, adding that Parliament operates as a crucial part of the country's democratic architecture, and embodies the will and voice of the people.

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