Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Akwasi Konadu is optimistic the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, which has become largely known as the Anti-LGBTQI Bill will end decades of moral decadence in Ghana.
Speaking to Mamavi Owusu-Aboagye on the AM Show, Mr Konadu said “morality is at the centre of everything we do as a country. Morality is part of our laws. If you want to be a judge in this country, we check your morality. Morality is part of our social fibres”.
His comments come on the back of mixed reactions which have greeted the proposal of a bill seeking to criminalize the indulgence or promotion of LGBTQI activities by some eight Members of Parliament.
The legislator, who had support from the Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, was critical of people who see the the bill as extreme.
“Can you tell me that if we have somebody who wants to become a Supreme Court Judge and we know the person goes up in arms, stealing from people, will you still say that person should be approved? When will we not have an extreme example for anything?” he quizzed.
He said the bill is only seeking to make the society they came to meet better.
“Nobody is trying to regulate morality. We are only making what we came to meet, the society, its structures, institutions work the way they should. Parliament has a role to play. To protect the present and also guard against what may happen to the future generations that may not have any clue where they are going to," he said on JoyNews.
Akwasi Konadu’s comments were resoundingly upheld by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, one of the eight MPs who proposed this bill.
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