The Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Nartey George has expressed dissatisfaction with the protracted passage of the anti-gay legislation.
He claimed that opponents of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill are in the majority.
Sam George claimed that the process has been hampered by the influence of some Majority MPs on those who have an interest in seeing LGBT activities promoted across the nation.
Sam George, the Ningo-Prampram MP, told reporters in Parliament that the bill’s supporters would not consider any efforts by the Majority caucus to weaken the legislation.
“Those who have been influenced by persons who have an interest in LGBTQ should return whatever influence they have collected because we will fight and the next time we address the media, I will mention names. I have been impressed by my co-sponsors not to mention names, and it is out of respect for them that I am not mentioning names, but if they continue this behavior of frustrating the bill, I will mention names.”
“This bill was introduced in 2021 and this is the last time we will accept this kind of behaviour. Ghanaians should take note, the Christian community, the Muslim community, the African Traditional community, and the National House of Chiefs who have supported this bill should take note of the actions of persons on the Floor of the House who are seeking to slow down the move of this bill.”
I will mention names of MPs working against anti-LGBTQ bill – Sam George
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Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, the chairman of the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, has refuted Sam George’s claims in the meantime.
Relatedly, the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has emphasized how important it is that homosexuals’ rights be upheld in the nation.
The Bishops claim that while they support the anti-gay bill that Parliament has proposed, harassment of homosexuals should not be included in it.
