Sam Nartey George, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, has appealed with the Parliament’s Business Committee to consider introducing the Proper Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 for discussion starting the following week.
“The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Values Bill should be tabled for the business of the house. We can begin to sit on it pending another main business. So if they can table it from next week we will be grateful,” he stated.
The Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee presented the bill’s report to the parliament on March 30, 2023.
The legislation aims to make LGBT behaviors illegal and to protect and support LGBT victims, including minors.
During the Deputy Majority Leader’s presentation of the Business Statement for the next week, Sam George demanded that work on the measure be hastened.
The house would have to consult with Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on the proper course of action, according to First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joseph Osei Owusu, because legal actions had been brought against the measure.
The house has postponed its current session till Tuesday, June 20, 2023 because it lacks a quorum to conduct business today.
