Sack Chairman Anyimadu; He Is Not Up To The Task – Hon. Bedzrah

The member of Parliament for Ho West Constituency Hon. Emmanuel Bedzrah who is also a co-sponsor of the Anti – LGBTQI+ bill has asked for the removal of the Chairperson of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi over the delay of the LGBTQI+ bill passage, he made this known on Plan B Fm morning show Nkosuonsem when speaking to Ohene Addo (Nkosuohene I).

He stressed that due to the delay in the passage of the bill the members/supporters have started advertising themselves by erecting giant billboards on the roadside, especially on the motorway which is against our traditions, norms and customs.

Again some minority group who are against the bill have been changing their name to global peace with the same group of members which they want an audience again to frustrate the process is so irritating that one bill and people are forming groups against it, Kojo Asante from CDD, Tiwah Manu and Bamfo are creating the impression that there is a new issue to the bill.

” Hon. Animate Antwi should sit up and do the right thing he’s disgracing himself, he is my friend i came into Parliament the same year in 2009 with him but what he is doing shows clearly that he is not up to the work and should be removed for somebody else to take over, let him do the right thing, what life is this”. He fumes.

“I am very proud of propagating Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values because i consulted all my constituents and they are all against this abominable LGBTQI+” he added

It is not only the LGBTQR+ bill that has been kept long on the chairman’s desk but there are a lot of bills on his table that needs to be dealt with after the referral from the speaker of the house.

According to Mr Afenyo-Markin, Parliament’s leadership cannot act until the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee concludes its public deliberation on the Bill.

“My colleague knows that the Bill has received a lot of memoranda and there have been hearings. So I believe that you would have to activate the process through the Committee because as a House, we cannot programme a Committee when they have not brought their report to us.

“So don’t let us do the blame game or do certain things for the optics and create the wrong impression about ourselves. Parliament works first at the Committee level and second, at the plenary. We have made a referral to the Committee made up of both Majority and Minority, so if you’ve not brought the report don’t come and accuse the House of delaying the Bill,” he stated.

In August 2021, eight parliamentarians jointly submitted a Private Members Bill to push for the criminalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) activities in the country.

The proponents also want the promotion, advocacy, funding, and acts of homosexuality to be forbidden in the country.

Since the Bill was made public, opposers have argued that should it be passed into law, it will violate the fundamental human rights of individuals who identify with the group.

The Bill is currently with the Parliamentary Committee which has since called on citizens to submit documents stating their positions.

With over 124 memoranda from the public over the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, the Committee has been occasionally holding public hearings on it.