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Anti-LGBTQI Bill will turn queer Ghanaians into second class citizens – H. Kwasi Prempeh

Delali Adogla-BessabyDelali Adogla-Bessa
August 4, 2021
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Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh

Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh

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The Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, is worried that the anti-LGBTQI legislation will incite Ghanaians against queer citizens.

“The LGBT community in Ghana is very vulnerable and this [proposed] law almost turns them into second class citizens. It is really trying to mobilise public disaffection; [and] public hate towards them,” he noted in an interview with VOA news.

It must however be noted that the bill among other things promises punishment for persons who will discriminate against LGBTQI persons or harm them in any way.

The legislation, titled “The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021”, proffers stiffer punishment for LGBTQI persons and promoters.

Describing the Bill that was laid in Parliament on Monday as “a very unnecessary distraction”, Prof. Prempeh said the legislators backing the bill were bypassing debate on the matter.

“I think what the proponents of the Bill are trying to do is essentially to end a debate over a deeply controverted issue about which knowledge is imperfect on both sides by trying to declare victory by using legislation.”

“I don’t think this is really necessary. There are so many things that we should be worried about,” he added.

Also, of concern to Prof. Prempeh is what he called the “overreach” of religious institutions in the matter.

“Probably we have made so many concessions to religion that probably it has gotten to a point where some religious ideologues think they can push the limits.”

If the Bill is passed, Prof. Prempeh said he doubts that “it will survive executive scrutiny.”

Beyond the executive, there may also be legal challenges in Ghana and beyond, he added.

“If it does get presidential assent, I am almost certain that it will be challenged judicially; possibly even beyond the shores of Ghana in terms of the regional courts in Africa.”

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