Anti-gay bill: Speaker’s attack on Akufo-Addo unfortunate – OB Amoah

Member of Parliament for Akwapim South, Osei Bonsu Amoah has condemned remarks by the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The applications sought to prevent Parliament from sending the Bill to the President and to restrain the President from signifying his assent to the Bill, pending the final determination of the matter.

“The Speaker didn’t speak for the majority of us, it’s a fact in the sense that if you read his statement very well, the first ten paragraphs or so, were direct attacks on the President, for no reason at all for some of us.

He also referenced past practices of correspondence between the Secretary to the President and Parliament, countering former President John Mahama’s criticism of the process.

“There were comments by former President John Mahama that he was surprised that the Secretary to the President could write a letter to Parliament

Some of us were surprised until we were able to show that when it comes to sending bills to the President for assent, the clerk sends them to the President.

“The Secretary to the President will then respond to it, or whether there are issues to it