BY MELANIE NATHAN, DEC 19, 2024, Country Conditions Expert Witness for LGBT Asylum Seekers from Ghana and other African countries.
YESTERDAY The Supreme Court dismissed the actions challenging the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2024. This Bill is also known as the Anti-LGBT Bill or the Family values Bill.
TO date the current President Nano Akuffo-Ado has yet to sign the legislation. The President elect who will assume office on JAN 07, 2025 had promised to sign the Bill. We are unsure of the Bill has been delivered to the President since yesterday's decision. We will provide daily/weekly updates here. lpease keep this site address and return regularly:
DEC 19, 11.24 AM EST: Madina MP Francis Xavier Sosu Commends Supreme Court Ruling Against Anti-LGBTQ Bill Challenge: Upholds Rule of Law and Separation of Powers: Madina MP, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has expressed his support for the Supreme Court's judgment dismissing petitions against the 'Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024' (Anti-LGBTQ Bill). Sosu described the ruling as a reaffirmation of the rule of law and the principle of separation of powers.
He noted that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional process, emphasizing that Parliament's role in the legislative process ends with the President's assent. Sosu further explained that if the President has reservations about the bill after it is transmitted to him, the Constitution provides clear guidelines. The President may return the bill to Parliament with specific reasons for his refusal, allowing Parliament to decide whether to amend its provisions.
Commenting on the petitions filed by Richard Sky and Dr. Amanda Odoi, Sosu stated that the actions were premature. He commended the Supreme Court for upholding the constitutional framework and respecting the boundaries between the judiciary and the legislature.
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OTHER PERTINENT ARTICLES:
Ghana's Supreme Court Dismisses ANTI-LGBTQ+ Case
By Melanie Nathan, ED African Human Rights Coalition, HERE
Ghana’s new Controversial Anti-LGBTQ+ Law has Terrifying Extradition Clause By Melanie Nathan. Dec 17, 2024 HERE
Ghana’s LGBT Community as Political Pawns in Presidential Election heightening DangersBy Melanie Nathan, December 02, 2023 HERE
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