President Nana Addo says he will not sign Anti-LGBTQ+ bill until Supreme Court…

President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has finally commented on signing the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill into law.

According to the President, even though he is yet to receive the final bill from Parliament, he will wait for an action that is currently pending before the Supreme Court of Ghana inrelation to the bill before taking a decision on signing it or otherwise.

READ THE STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT BELOW 

PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO ON ANTI-LGBTỌ BILL

l 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 contemplated or occasioned.

I think it will serve little purpose to go, at this stage, into the details of the origin of this proposed law, which is yet to reach my desk. But, suffice it to say, that 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. 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.

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh