Lead advocate for the anti-LGBTQ bill, Samuel Nartey George, is calling on Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo to hasten the judicial process that has delayed the bill’s transmission to President Akufo-Addo for approval.
The Supreme Court has postponed its ruling on injunction applications by Dr. Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist Richard Sky, which aim to block the bill’s transmission, opting to issue the ruling on the same day as the final judgment.
In an interview with Citi News, Ningo-Prampram MP Samuel Nartey George emphasized the need for the Chief Justice to expedite the case to reach a prompt resolution.
“Even during vacation, the court sits and hears matters of great importance and national importance that require urgency. The court can sit during the vacation. And so that is what we are demanding, that this matter is a critical matter,” George stated.
He further criticized the delay, noting, “The matter has been pending since March. Other cases that came after this were of equal importance, and she disposed of them expeditiously.”
George questioned the Chief Justice’s slow handling of the case, saying, “So why is the Chief Justice behaving at a snail’s pace or acting at a snail’s pace in this? It is contrary to the Chief Justice’s own religious belief that she espouses on the altar of the ICGC in Tema. It is also contrary to the traditional authority she comes under in the Central Region. And so the Chief Justice must act expeditiously in pursuit of what she professes.”