President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo lacks the courage to take a decision on the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.
For this reason, National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who made the assertion says the President’s delay in acting on the document is a ploy to shirk his responsibility.
The bill, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ/Gay bill, prescribes punishment for those who practice LGBTQ including its promoters and advocates.
According to the NDC Chair, President Akufo-Addo would have done something if he had anything to do on the bill.
“The truth is that he doesn’t have the courage to say his position on the bill. That is why he wants to shift that responsibility to the judiciary or another person so he can later go and stand somewhere to say that he didn’t sign the bill. If he wanted to do something about the bill, he would have done it,” he said on Accra-based Asempa FM Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Asiedu Nketia has also been alleging that the President’s failure to clearly state in public, his opposition to the bill, compelled the lawmakers from the Majority caucus to align with their colleagues in the House.
However, they speak a different language about the bill whenever they are outside the chamber, according to Mr. Asiedu Nketia.
“He doesn’t want people to know that he is not in support of the anti-LGBT+ bill that is why there are some heddles. That is the truth. If he had been able to stand his ground to say that he was not in support of the bill, his MPs would have also stood their ground to say that they were not in support.
“But he is not able to say that and his MPs also do not want to disagree for them to be tagged as opposed to the bill. In parliament, they all say they agree but when they move out, they act differently,” he alleged.
