Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor has said that activities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQQIA+) will harm the traditions of Ghana.
He said this during the parliamentary debate on the Committee’s report on the bill on Wednesday, July 5.
The report highlighted concerns raised by proponents and those who are against the bill.
The opposers of the bill, per the report, contend that “LGBTQ+ activities form part of what the Constitution contemplates under Article 33 (5) about recognition of certain rights and freedoms that are considered to be inherent in a democracy and which is intended to secure the rights and freedoms and dignity of the people.
“Consequently, any attempt to prescribe different treatment to different people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender will be discriminatory and an affront to Article (17) 1 and (2) of the Constitution.”
But Mr Ahiafor who is also a Member of Parliament for Akatsi South said that “Activities of the LGBTQI are injurious to our traditions.”
He further said, “Countries practicing LGBTQI In 50 years will be extinct.”
“This is a law that should be passed under a certificate of urgency,” he added.