Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka, the member of Parliament for the Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, has asked President Akufo-Addo to declare his stand on LGBTQ+ like previous presidents in Ghana did some years ago.
He explained “it’s against the constitution of Ghana for any member of parliament to be punished for expressing his or her opinion on national issues in the house of parliament, therefore, no embassy can punish any MP in this country to kowtow to their wish’’.
He said, President Nana Akufo Addo’s interview with Aljazeera where the president failed to declare his stance on LGBTQ+ sexual activities has emboldened the homosexual community to increase their advocacy projects in the country.
“With the greatest respect to our President, Nana Akufo-Addo, his statement on Aljazeera was unfortunate. If he was bold like President Mills and John Dramani Mahama by letting the world know that Ghana will never accept LGBTQ+ activities they wouldn’t be doing the unfortunate advocacies we are seeing in the country of late’’.
The Asawase lawmaker stressed the minority in parliament is determined to ensure the bill is passed to uphold Ghana’s traditional norms and moralities in the interest of the majority of Ghanaians.
He warned that he will lead a demonstration for closure of any embassy that will deny Sam George and other members of Parliament travel visas because of their advocacy for LGBTQ+ activities in the country to be criminalized.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
