The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has instructed the House Business Committee to schedule a debate on the Promotion of Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 for either next Tuesday or Thursday.
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, announced this information to the house during a debate on the Business Statement presented by the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh.
Hon. Joseph Osei Owusu directed the business committee to ensure that the bill will appear in the order paper.
“The Promotion of Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 be programmed to come on Tuesday, June 27 or Thursday, June 29, whatever it is, it must be on the order paper next week either Tuesday or Thursday. These are the directives from the Speaker. A number of civil society organizations, political watchers and constitutional watchers have interest in this, and they will be watching this House,” he stated.
Subclause 12 (1) prohibits individuals from using social media platforms to produce, publish or disseminate content promoting activities prohibited by the bill.
These include issues such as allyship, advocacy, public displays of affection, and gender expression not aligned with the gender assigned at birth.
Subclauses 12 (4) and 13 (2) of the bill state that social media companies will be held criminally liable for any such content being produced, published and disseminated on their platforms, and that they will be absolved from liability only if able to demonstrate that they exercised a reasonable degree of diligence to prevent this from occurring.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
