Parliament was unable to conduct the second reading of the anti-LGBT bill this week owing to the absence of the chairman and ranking member of the constitutional, legal, and parliamentary affairs committee, according to the majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
Both the committee’s chairman, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, and its ranking member, Bernard Ahiafor, could not be present for the bill’s presentation.
Although the motion appeared on the order paper on Thursday and Friday, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, last week asked the Business Committee to table the Anti-Gay bill this week for a debate. However, the House was unable to comply.Proponent of the bill, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzra demanded answers for the delay of work on the bill.“The Bill that was advertised yesterday and today has not found its way to the Business Statement.
The Motion by the eight private members on the Promotion of Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian family Values, has been advertised yesterday and today but unfortunately, it has not found space.”“It has been advertised for two days and nothing has appeared on the Business Statement, so I want to find out from the Business Committee what they are doing about it.” 