Minority leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to make public the position of the state on the ‘Promotion of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values Bill, 2021.
According to him, it is important the Attorney-General let the Ghanaian public know his thinking on the merits of the Bill; which aspects he agrees with, which aspects he disagrees with and which aspects he will seek improvements to.
He argued the A-G is a government office to serve Ghana and all the political parties in Parliament and not to serve just one side of the aisle hence it will be significant and refreshing to know the position of the state.
Hon. Haruna Iddrisu made the call when the Anbariya Sunni Community based in Tamale called on him last Wednesday after submitting a Memorandum to the Clerk of Parliament on the ‘Promotion of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values Bill, 2021.
The Ghanaian people, he said, need to know where the learned Attorney-General stands on the matter because these would form the basis of all consultation and debate on the Bill
He noted the Bill is a watershed decision for Ghana’s Parliament and stressed the Minority is not interested and is very hesitant to make this important Bill a political or partisan issue.
“We need to carry the country along. I simply could have been asking why along the line some chose to abandon ship and to re-belong to the ship but it does not serve our purpose,” he said.
The Minority leader noted that arguments being made on Article 108 and where the Bill should emanate from is irrelevant because in the opinion of the Speaker who presides over affairs in Parliament, there is a matter and that has been referred to the Constitutional and Legal Committee of Parliament.
He argued the matter of a collective pursuit of an anti-LGBTQ+ Bill should be of concern to all Ghanaians.
The Minority, he said, remains unequivocally resolute that the introduction, formalization and legalization of LGBTQ+ in Ghana will only be acceptable to the culturally ignorant and stressed the Ghanaian society has no room to accommodate it.
He said, “Some petitions have been received from academics and some received from persons in the name of human rights.”
“Some have also been received from the respected National Chief Imam and now from the Anbariya Sunni Muslim sect, and from various Christian groups in our country.”
Haruna Iddrisu stressed that Parliamentarians have a moral duty and owed the Ghanaian people a standard of care to reflect their aspirations and wish for the preservation of the continuity of the Ghanaian society based on its sound values and practices over the years.
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