The minority in Parliament has expressed doubts in the governing NDC’s interest in passing the Anti-LGBTQI+ law in its original form. According to the minority, the contradictory positions from President John Mahama, Speaker of Parliament and the Majority Leader, reflects an attempt to Bill’s enactment, while managing the political consequences of abandoning a position that the NDC once vigorously championed.
A statement issued by the minority said in part, ” Matters have been further complicated by conflicting positions within the ruling party itself. After the amended Bill was passed, President Mahama publicly suggested that the House may have lacked the requisite quorum. The Speaker has called for the Bill to be returned to the floor for a fresh Consideration Stage, while the Majority Leader has publicly disagreed. The NPP believes these contradictions reflect an attempt to frustrate the Bill’s enactment, while managing the political consequences of abandoning a position that the NDC once vigorously championed”.
The passage of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill”, on Friday, 29t, May 2026 has attracted mixed reactions from various groups including the President and Speaker of Parliament.
While Speaker, Right Honourable Alban Sumana Bagbin disclosed to the media his surprise at the passage of the bill, President John Dramani Mahama while speaking in the United Kingdom indicated that issues of quorum during the passage has been raised and that will make it difficult to easily assent to it.
But Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga while speaking on Accra based Joy FM said the passage of the bill cannot be reversed by the Speaker or anybody.
However, the minority in their statement accused the minority of being hypocritical in their earlier position to have the previous billed assented to by former President Nana Addo-Dankwah Akufo-Addo only to return to Parliament to substantially rewrite the same bill upon assuming office.
” The NPP holds that this heavily amended Bill represents a clear departure from the NDC’s 2024 position and a fundamental breach of faith with the Ghanaian people. It is, therefore, both strange and hypocritical for the NDC to have demanded immediate presidential assent to the 2024 Bill, only to return to Parliament and substantially rewrite that same Bill upon assuming office. These extensive amendments betray principle, expose the political insincerity of the NDC’s earlier posture, and affirms that the NDC cannot be trusted”, the Minority stressed.
Human Sexual Rights StatementSource:tolonradio.com
