The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, has expressed confidence that President Akufo-Addo will sign the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill once it is presented to him by Parliament.
The Bill, officially known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, was received and commenced debate in Parliament on July 5th, with Speaker Bagbin presiding over the proceedings.
Appiah-Kubi, who made the initial submission on the Bill, stated that it accurately represented the views of the broader Ghanaian society regarding same-sex relationships, and he believed that all 275 Members of Parliament supported it.
In an interview with Oyerepa FM after the deliberations, he said:
“The clergy, civil society even the Muslim community, so the whole Ghana is unanimous in the rejection of such invitation to engage in LGBT, so the president has no option. He has no option but to assent to the Bill.
“I am very positive and hopeful that the president will assent to it and then we can have it as law” he added.