He said the President and his government are strongly against gays and they support the anti-LGBTQ bill recently passed by Parliament.
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Akufo-Addo will be jailed if he signs anti-LGBTQ bill – Okyere Baafi
Michael Okyere Baafi, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South has disclosed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is against homosexuality.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
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Addressing congregants of The Church of Pentecost during the Easter Convention in Koforidua, MP Okyere Baafi dismissed claims suggesting intentional delay by the President, citing the legal hindrance as the primary obstacle.
“That foolish thing called LGBTQ cannot be tolerated. The 1992 Constitution already frowns on it. So we the MPs based on powers given to us support the anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Parliament but the law stipulates that the bill must be assented to by the President before it becomes law. But as the President prepares to receive and approve the bill some human rights activists took the matter to the Supreme Court to halt the president from signing”.
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Okyere Baafi stated that “if the President goes ahead to sign he will be jailed. The people who sent the matter to court want the president to be jailed if he signs the bill”
The MP added, “President Akufo-Addo supports the Anti -LGBTQ+ bill because, in our monthly meetings with him, he told us to support the bill to be passed because it is a good law. The President is not against the bill”.
Okyere Baafi however assured that President Akufo-Addo “wants to respect the law before he signs so don’t listen to the misinformation about the issue what I am telling you is the truth. The President says he will sign the bill after the Supreme Court decision”.
The bill, which was passed by Parliament in February 2024, has become contentious due to President Akufo-Addo’s refusal to assent to it.
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