{"id":3886,"date":"2024-03-11T06:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T06:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3886"},"modified":"2024-03-11T06:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T06:22:48","slug":"anti-lgbtq-bill-if-any-country-touches-the-speaker-sponsors-we-will-come-after-them-sam-george-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3886","title":{"rendered":"Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: If Any Country \u2018Touches\u2019 The Speaker, Sponsors, We Will Come After Them \u2013 Sam George Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If any country attempts to sanction the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, or sponsors of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, Ghanaians will not hesitate to retaliate, Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, has warned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a strong-worded warning, Sam George said he would wage \u201ca serious campaign\u201d against the business interests of any such country or foreign organisation that will seek to intimidate the MPs for sponsoring the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to Alfred Ocansey on TV3\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Hot Issues<\/strong>&nbsp;on Sunday, March 10, a visibly furious Sam George dared any international company\/body to test the anger of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf any country leads a sanction on the Speaker, myself, or the sponsors [of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill], I will wage a campaign in this country against all their business interests,\u201d said the Ningo-Prampram lawmaker, adding, \u201cDon\u2019t underestimate the power of the forces of the Ghanaians when we say we will shut down those businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-f4e362366280d386c6945d6182bbbe3a ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mQaaltEIRI?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe West needs Ghana,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cany American business operating in Ghana today is not doing so because of LGBTQ, they are doing so because they are making profits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd they will not leave Ghana because of LGBTQ when they look at their margin and if they choose to pack bag and baggage and leave, another company will come and make that profit, Ghana is a profitable country to do business in. So we must stop cheapening ourselves and making it look like we have no sense of self-worth,\u201d Sam George told Alfred Ocansey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam George urged foreign missionaries to respect Article 42 of the Vienna Convention, which forbids missionaries to engage in the local politics of the host country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also chastised President Akufo-Addo for allowing ambassadors to meddle in Ghana\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe President, as former Foreign Affairs Minister, must have read Article 42 of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. Article 24 prohibits ambassadors of foreign missions in Ghana from doing what many of them are doing,\u201d he started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, he said, is because many of them are involved in local politics. He cited, for instance, the US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, February 28, Parliament unanimously passed the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, otherwise known as the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has attracted varied reactions from various stakeholders, including the diplomatic community. Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has yet to assent to the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If any country attempts to sanction the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, or sponsors of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, Ghanaians will not hesitate to retaliate, Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, has warned. 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