Parliament will this week begin considering memoranda it has received from the public on the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQ+) Bill.
The Bill, also known as Proper Human Sexuality and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, is now before Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
So far, the Committee has received over 150 memoranda from individuals, groups and faith-based organizations and has programmed to hear 10 petitions each week.
Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Deputy Majority Leader, announced it when he presented the Business Statement for the third week, which ends on Friday, November 12, to the House.
The Effutu MP also explained that because the Committee would be hearing 10 memoranda in a week, it would take 15 weeks to complete the exercise.
After the Committee had finished the hearing, he said it would prepare a report and present it to the House.
“It is important that all those who brought the memoranda are heard by the Committee,” he added.
The Bill, since its introduction last July by eight Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides, has generated numerous comments and reactions from both proponents and opponents, including legal luminaries and academics.
However, both sides of the House have indicated their readiness to outlaw LGBTQI practices based on the country’s culture, morality and values.
The Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin, while sticking to the position of outlawing the practice, has indicated that the House would not engage in filibustering the proposed piece of legislation.
He further indicated that the House would conduct an open hearing into the Bill, and a vote on the Bill would be done publicly.
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