Bagbin shares details of private conversation with Mahama on LGBTQ+ passage

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has shared details of a private conversation he said he had with President John Dramani Mahama regarding the passage of the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill currently before parliament.

According to him, the president gave him his assurance that he will sign the bill into law once the House passes it.

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Bagbin made this known while speaking at an event, snippets of which were shared by JoyNews on social media and sighted by GhanaWeb.

“... His Excellency the President assured me that when we pass the bill and it comes to me, he has stated it before, he was going to ascend it. So, please, leave the rumor mongers,” he disclosed.

The Speaker also reiterated his commitment to the bill, highlighting his role in pushing it through Parliament and stating that he remains determined to see it passed.

“… A number of Members of Parliament who believe in it decided to promote it in Parliament, and you know the things I said before, I'm not a man of words; I'm a man of action, and that is how we got it passed in Parliament, but for some reason, the [former] president did not assent to it. That one is his own bandana, not mine,” he said.

He further indicated that the bill has already gone through the necessary processes in Parliament and expressed confidence that it will be passed when the House reconvenes.

“I'm sure one of the reasons we punished him and his party is one of this so we started and we processed it, it has gone through all the stages, and the next meeting of Parliament will get us asking to pass that bill into law,” he assured.

Bagbin also cautioned the public against misinformation about proceedings in Parliament and urged Ghanaians to disregard speculation.

“So, don't listen to people who don't know what is in Parliament. Please, I repeat, don't listen to people who don't know what is in Parliament,” he cautioned.

He concluded by defending Ghana’s cultural values and rejecting what he described as external influence on the issue.

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“They can play that kind of bad politics. That is not what we are here for. We are different from those practicing it. Our cultures, values, and principles are different. They know the effect and what it is doing to them. We resist it today; we will not be colonised again. That is gone, it's history,” he concluded.



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