Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: I support Sam George, others- Obiri Boahen

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 Deputy Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Obiri Boahen has thrown his support behind the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Hon. Sam George and other MPs who are fighting against LGBTQ+ in the country.

According to him, Hon. Sam George and the others are fighting a good fight hence the need for him to support them irrespective of their party color.

The ‘Proper Human Sexual and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ 2021, is expected to be laid in Parliament later today [August 2, 2021] for a presentation and first reading.

The bill, nicknamed the anti-LGBTQ bill, prescribes that people of the same sex who engage in sexual activity could be fined or jailed for between three to five years.

The piece of legislation has invoked mixed reactions from the public, but appears to enjoy cross-party support from within Parliament.

The Bill is a private members’ legislation sponsored by eight Members of Parliament – seven from the NDC and one from the NPP.

The Bill will be laid after going through the mandatory period of gazetting.

The Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, in Citi News interview elucidated on the importance of the Bill.

“When the Supreme Court establishes that it must be penetrative sex, a lesbian doesn’t have an organ for penetration. She can only penetrate using a contraction or a sex toy and Section 104 of Act 29 does not deal with that. So 61 years on, you need to review your law and make sure it is responsive to 2021.”

Lawyer Obiri Boahen speaking to the media said the legislators should not be lose hope but rather work hard until the anti-LGBTQ+ bill is been pass.

He added that, they should not be afraid by the threats they received from the Australian High Commissioner to Ghana and other stakeholders who are demanding that, the country accept LGBTQ+.

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