{"id":161212,"date":"2024-03-12T06:36:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/12\/akufo-addos-delay-in-assenting-anti-lgbtq-bill-unconstitutional\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T06:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:36:12","slug":"akufo-addos-delay-in-assenting-anti-lgbtq-bill-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/12\/akufo-addos-delay-in-assenting-anti-lgbtq-bill-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo&#8217;s delay in assenting anti-LGBTQ+ bill unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Justice Srem-Sai, Senior Lecturer at the GIMPA Law Faculty, has voiced concerns over President Akufo-Addo\u2019s handling of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.<\/p>\n<p>Srem-Sai asserts that the President\u2019s decision to defer assent to the bill violates constitutional principles.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo, in a recent engagement with members of the Diplomatic Corps, stated that he would await the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the bill before deciding whether to assent to it or not.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News, Justice Srem-Sai says the Constitution does not grant the President the authority to exercise discretion regarding the timing of assenting to a bill.<\/p>\n<p>He highlights specific timelines outlined in the Constitution, stating that within seven days of receiving a bill from the Speaker of Parliament, the President must indicate whether he intends to veto it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the first seven days after the president has received the bill from the Speaker of Parliament, he is bound to indicate whether he wants to veto the bill to the Speaker. Then, after another fourteen days, he is required to give his reservations about some of the provisions and why he wants to veto the bill, and that must be forwarded to the Speaker. The law also makes provisions for the bill to be sent to the Council of State, and in all these timelines, there is no space for the president to use his discretion to say that he is waiting for something else to happen before he vetoes the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo our point is that the president\u2019s desire will basically be violating provisions of the constitution because the constitution gives him no power as to when he is supposed to act on a bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Srem-Sai, Senior Lecturer at the GIMPA Law Faculty, has voiced concerns over President Akufo-Addo\u2019s handling of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. Srem-Sai asserts that the President\u2019s decision to defer assent to the bill violates constitutional principles. President Akufo-Addo, in a recent engagement with members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Akufo-Addo&#039;s delay in assenting anti-LGBTQ+ bill unconstitutional - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/12\/akufo-addos-delay-in-assenting-anti-lgbtq-bill-unconstitutional\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Akufo-Addo&#039;s delay in assenting anti-LGBTQ+ bill unconstitutional - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Justice Srem-Sai, Senior Lecturer at the GIMPA Law Faculty, has voiced concerns over President Akufo-Addo\u2019s handling of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. 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