Anti-LGBTQ+ bill: Dafeamekpor to Sue Akufo-Addo Should the bill be dissented

Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi in the Volta Region, has threatened to sue President Akufo-Addo if he does not sign the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

He made this declaration during an interview on Accra-based JoyNews on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

According to him, if the president fails to assent to the bill within the 14th day of receiving it from Parliament, the case would be pursued in the Supreme Court to compel President Akufo-Addo to fulfil his constitutional duty.

“As soon as we remit this to his office, time will begin to count and after 14 days if he doesn’t exercise responsibility, I’m going back to the Supreme Court to compel him to perform his constitutional function. I will suit the President,” Dafeamekpor affirmed.

The South Dayi legislator alleged that Richard Dela Sky’s lawsuit against Parliament at the Supreme Court concerning the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill is part of a government-led effort to delay the bill from becoming law.

He emphasized that the bill is yet to become a law, however, Sky Dela cannot file a lawsuit against it, thus, should be thrown out by Supreme Court.

“It will fail because the law is very definite on such a matter. My position is grounded in law and I am confident of this. I expect the Supreme Court to throw it away. The Bill is not yet a law. It is part of a calculated agenda to delay it”, he opined.

Source:myrepubliconline