{"id":3889,"date":"2024-03-11T06:27:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T06:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2024-03-11T06:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T06:27:33","slug":"anti-lgbtq-bill-suit-hasnt-injunct-president-akufo-addo-sam-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3889","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Lgbtq+ Bill: Suit Hasn\u2019t Injunct President Akufo-Addo \u2013 Sam George"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo-Prampram constituency and one of the sponsors of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill has unequivocally stated that the suit filed at the Supreme Court has not placed any injunction on President Akuffo-Addo not to assent to the bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with Alfred Ocansey on TV3\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Hot Issues<\/strong>&nbsp;programme today [March 10], the Ningo-Prampram legislator disagreed with President Akufo-Addo\u2019s position to await a supreme court decision on the bill before \u201cany action is taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe court suit has not placed an injunction on the President. It is one of the reliefs that Richard Sky is seeking in his suit but again, we await to see what the Supreme Court determines,\u201d said Sam George.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He cited Amanda Odoi\u2019s case on the same anti-LGBTQ+ bill, seeking to injunct Parliament from undertaking its constitutional mandate. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of Parliament.<\/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\">\u201cLike you rightly pointed out, Amanda Odoi went to the Supreme Court in June 2023 to actually seek an injunction as one of her reliefs against the Speaker of Parliament to stop the Speaker from doing the second consideration and doing the clause-by-clause consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Supreme Court set up a nine-member panel chaired by the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, and they returned a 9-0 verdict against Amanda Odoi, because on what basis are you asking the Supreme Court to stop parliament from doing its job?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Suit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Dela Sky, a private legal practitioner and journalist, filed a suit at the Supreme Court on March 5, challenging the constitutionality of the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2024 by Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky, amongst other reliefs, is praying to the court to declare the bill \u201cnull, void and of no effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The morning show co-host further wants the Supreme Court to grant an order \u201crestraining the President of the Republic from assenting to \u2018The Human and Sexual Values Bill, 2024,\u2019 as such action will directly contravene the constitutional safeguards of liberties and rights of Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, President Akufo-Addo, while addressing the diplomatic community following the passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, noted that Ghana will not backslide on her enviable hitherto, enviable, longstanding record on human rights observance and attachment to the rule of law<\/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-1ab2110425e3cfdd7f10587f1982b489 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\/t5NkvFTrRAk?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\">\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn 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,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 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>Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo-Prampram constituency and one of the sponsors of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill has unequivocally stated that the suit filed at the Supreme Court has not placed any injunction on President Akuffo-Addo not to assent to the bill. 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