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A private legal practitioner, Richard Dela Sky, has filed an application with the Supreme Court, seeking a declaration that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-gay bill, is null, void, and of no effect.<\/p>\n

Sky contends that the passage of the bill violates Article 33(5) of the Constitution of 1992, as well as the provisions of Articles 12(1) and (2), 15(1), 17(1) and (2), 18(2), and 21(1) (a) (b) (d) and (e) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

He asserts that the bill\u2019s provisions \u201craise profound concerns regarding the potential infringement of the fundamental human rights and freedoms guaranteed to every Ghanaian by the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Richard Sky claims that \u201cthe Speaker of Parliament contravened Article 108(a)(ii) of the Constitution, in light of Article 296(a)(b) and (c), by admitting and allowing Parliament to proceed upon and pass \u201cThe Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024\u2033 into law as the same imposes a charge upon the Consolidated Fund or other public funds of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill, which prohibits LGBTQ activities and their promotion, advocacy, and funding, was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.<\/p>\n

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has yet to assent to the bill and has stated that he will await the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling before deciding on the controversial bill.<\/p>\n

Sky, in its writ, also wants the Supreme Court to give an \u201corder restraining the President of the Republic from assenting to \u2018The Human and Sexual Values Bill, 2024,\u2019 as such action will directly contravene the constitutional safeguards of liberties and rights of Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further prayed for \u201can injunction barring any attempts to enforce the provisions of \u201cThe Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2024,\u201d particularly those criminalising same-sex relationships and related advocacy efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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