{"id":164708,"date":"2024-03-23T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/23\/anti-gay-bill-speakers-attack-on-akufo-addo-unfortunate\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T11:15:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:15:33","slug":"anti-gay-bill-speakers-attack-on-akufo-addo-unfortunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/23\/anti-gay-bill-speakers-attack-on-akufo-addo-unfortunate\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-gay bill: Speaker’s attack on Akufo-Addo unfortunate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Member of Parliament for Akwapim South, Osei Bonsu Amoah has condemned remarks by the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

The Speaker suspended the approval of ministerial nominees on Wednesday following a presidential letter urging Parliament not to transmit the anti-gay bill for assent due to two Supreme Court interlocutory injunction applications.<\/p>\n

The applications sought to prevent Parliament from sending the Bill to the President and to restrain the President from signifying his assent to the Bill, pending the final determination of the matter.<\/p>\n

The Speaker in his remarks condemned the letter as a grave threat to Ghana\u2019s democracy and an attempt to undermine the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n

During an interview on The Big Issue<\/strong> on Citi TV<\/strong>, O.B Amoah defended the President\u2019s actions for being law-abiding, labelling the Speaker\u2019s attacks as unwarranted.<\/p>\n

OB Amoah highlighted that the Speaker\u2019s stance did not reflect the majority view and equated his role to that of an opposition figure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Speaker didn\u2019t speak for the majority of us, it\u2019s a fact in the sense that if you read his statement very well, the first ten paragraphs or so, were direct attacks on the President, for no reason at all for some of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you read the letter, this is not something the Speaker should act as a judge, speaker and as some said then act as the opposition presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama. It\u2019s unfortunate, but if you read the letter from Nana Asante Bediatuo. He says I\u2019m law-abiding, I\u2019m going by the constitutional dictates, and we should wait for the Supreme Court to deal with this matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes that warrant such words like he\u2019s trying to undermine the Constitution? And all those things? I think it\u2019s very unfortunate, the Speaker looked very angry, \u2026 very sad and unfortunate for our Parliament. I have never seen such a situation in Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also referenced past practices of correspondence between the Secretary to the President and Parliament, countering former President John Mahama\u2019s criticism of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were comments by former President John Mahama that he was surprised that the Secretary to the President could write a letter to Parliament. Some of us were surprised until we were able to show that when it comes to sending bills to the President for assent, the clerk sends them to the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secretary to the President will then respond to it, or whether there are issues to it. I have copies of such correspondence, even in the previous administration. So that issue cannot be an issue we should raise anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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