Parliament will pass Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill before 2024 election – Bagbin
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has given the clearest indication that the House will pass the controversial Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill before the 2024 election.
Mr. Alban Bagbin gave the assurance in a media engagement on Friday, October 28, 2022.
“Sexual Rights and Human Values bill that is being handled by the Committee, definitely we will pass it before the next election, we will pass it,” he said.
The Speaker had already asked the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee working on the Bill to expedite work in presenting its report to the house for debate.
The bill seeks to criminalise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) activities in the country.
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