Host of Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, Dr. Randy Abbey has charged President Akufo-Addo to follow due process as mandated by the constitution if he has reservations about the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill.

During the Tuesday edition of the socio-political show, Dr. Randy Abbey emphasized that the President has no right to await the outcome of the Supreme Court’s deliberation before taking further action and must follow due process regarding the private member’s bill.

“The President [Akufo-Addo] if the Bill gets to his table under the constitution, has no right on the basis of the fact that somebody has gone to the supreme court, and decided he will not act on it and will wait, the constitution does not allow the President to take that decision,” Dr. Abbey noted.

He explained that “The president takes his power from the constitution when it comes to private members bill, where does the constitution empower the president to upon a case been filed at the supreme court decides to stay his hands off until after the determination of the matter? where?” he quizzed “The constitution is clear, that if the president has some reservation, he should follow what the constitution says.”

He also stated that God judges motives and will do so to anyone who hides behind the financial difficulties of the country to delay the passage of the LGBTQI+ Bill into law.

“For those of you who believe that you are closer to God, who believe that you have made vows to God, whether you redeem your vow to God or not is your matter, but the simple thing I want to tell you and for anyone who is hearing me is that God judges motives and you can try to outsmart human beings but you cannot outsmart God. God judges motives,” he said

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reassured the international community during a diplomatic engagement of Ghana’s commitment to upholding human rights, despite the recent passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.

“l am aware that last week’s bi-partisan passage by Parliament of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, on a Private Member’s motion, has raised considerable anxieties in certain quarters of the diplomatic community and amongst some friends of Ghana that she may be turning her back on her, hitherto, enviable, longstanding record on human rights observance and attachment to the rule of law. I want to assure you that no such back-sliding will be contemplated or occasioned,” he said.

By: Vanessa Edotom Boateng | Metrotvonline.com | Ghana