Parliament is now considering the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values law, 2025, also referred to as the anti-LGBTQ law.
Lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender-related actions are intended to be criminalised under the proposed law.
Its bipartisan support is demonstrated by the fact that ten members of parliament, representing both the majority and minority parties, are sponsoring it.
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, submitted the bill to the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee for additional review and report after its First Reading.
John Ntim Fordjour, the bill’s principal sponsor, emphasised the need of passing the legislation in a speech to the House on Tuesday, February 17.
Before the House rises, he encouraged Parliament and the pertinent committees to expeditiously consider the bill, which he described as a nonpartisan private member’s initiative.
“It is the expectation of the sponsors which is bipartisan. It is a bipartisan private members’ bill which must be on record. And the expectation is that within this meeting, this honourable house and all relevant committees will attach alacrity to this bill to pass it with urgency before this house rises.”
“Because it is not a new bill. It is an old bill which has gone through all the processes, consultations and already survived a plethora of legal and dissenting opinions. And has gone all the way to supreme court and held that no aspect of this bill affronts any aspect of our constitution,” he stated.
Source: newsthemegh.com