The NDC Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has described as ‘unfortunate’ a letter from the presidency to caution parliament about the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
According to him, the move by the presidency is a threat to Ghana's democracy and must be condemned.
“I am unable to sleep because this is a monumental threat to Ghana’s democracy and a monumental threat to Parliament as an institution. By Article 93, we are clothed with legislative authority and legislative mandate.
"This letter only reflects President Akufo-Addo’s quest for predominance over other organs of state and that is unacceptable and that must be fought by all persons who love democracy and who cherish the principles and values of the 1992 Constitution.
“The framers of our Constitution endowed Ghana with a separation of powers, the executive, the legislature, the judiciary, and a division of powers. It endowed us that Parliament shall be responsible for making laws and what powers does the president’s secretary have in writing to the Clerk of Parliament and not the president himself in writing directly to the Speaker of Parliament as is required by our standing order so that officially this can be read as communication from the president? So ideally, this paper means nothing and must be ignored by the clerk,” Mr Haruna Iddrisu told the press in parliament.
The Office of the President, in a letter dated March 18, 2024, urged Parliament to withhold sending the anti-LGBTQ+ bill to President Akufo-Addo for assent.
This decision, as stated by Nana Bediatuo Asante, the Secretary to the President, is based on the acknowledgement of two pending applications for an order of interlocutory injunction before the Supreme Court.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com
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@kamil, who or what defines human rights? Parliamentarians are not above the law, so is the executive or judiciary. The is something called separation of powers between these three branches of government. There's nowhere in the Gh constitution that prevents parliament to serve the president of any bill even if a citizen takes the matter to court. It's clearly spelt out; you can't put an injunction on parliament proceedings (in this case, the clerk of parliament doing his/her duties) Please @kamil educate me if you know of such provisions in the constitution contrary to this. Why does the laws of Ghana bars citizens from marrying multiples partners? (Remember, Muslims practices is not recognized under the constitution). Is my human right to marry thousand if I so desire. Lets argue that too. We have let go of our thinking capacity as an African because of this IMF, western influence on our cherish culture. World bank and IMF dictating to us what to do and not to do, abaaaaaaa!!!! Yeti sikaso.... now we're begging for a mere $600,000,000. I wonder who said those famous words. A u s e l e s s cocoon!!!!!
@Kamil, you obviously don't know anything about the law you are suggesting the parliamentarians think that are above. You are dumb and who and who are telling the MPs they are wrong. Don't comment on things like this again for your intelligence level is just to low for you to comprehend how arms of government work. Why do you have to come show the world how dumb you can be?
Parliamentarians think they're above the law and nobody can tell them what to do. The same way you can threaten to impeach the president, the same way he can tell you to follow procedure/law when you're trying to pass a bill. I find it interesting that everything else Nana has done you say you'll reverse it when you come to power therefore you should also come to power and sign this bill if you think it's so important to you. We already have a law forbidding male/male sexual intercourse but you have decided to add ***barred word*** things that infringe on people's freedom of thought and association. If you think LGBTQ is affecting schools then target those areas explicitly by banning teaching or books that promote such deviant activities. But to blindly come up with s1lly things like jailing people for showing public affection that can be interpreted as amorous, you MPs have completely missed the mark. And despite everyone telling you that part of your bill infringes on human right and freedoms you're adamant that it's your way or the highway.