The Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has suspended the public hearings concerning the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill temporarily.
Chairman of the Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, closing the first session of public hearings on Thursday [November 11, 2021], cited time constraints as the reason for the suspension of the hearings.
“We haven’t finished with the public hearings. There are other memoranda that we have received but we are constrained with time and we cannot predict what time we would have to meet and continue,” he said.
Some groups and churches have appeared before teh committee to submit their presentation on the matter.
The Concerned Ghanaian Citizens led by lawyer Akoto Ampaw who made the first appearance described the bill as unconstitutional.
Lawyer Akoto Ampaw said the speaker of Parliament exercised unreasonable discretion in admitting the bill.
According to him, the bill violates the fundamental human rights of Ghanaians and promotes hate.
The committee is expected to use 15 weeks, meeting ten groups or individuals on a daily basis following the submission of some 150 memos on the bill.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana