Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed confidence that the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill will be passed this year.
Speaking on the matter when he addressed members of the Ghanaian community in Côte d'Ivoire on January 21, 2025, Bagbin criticised former president Akufo-Addo for not assenting to the bill, calling the decision unconstitutional. "The LGBTQ bill was passed by Parliament, but the former president refused to assent to it, which was unconstitutional.
There is no law allowing the president to refuse or fail to assent to a bill passed by Parliament. "Parliament is the authority for passing laws, not any other person, not the president.
That decision was wrong, and all of you punished him for that," Bagbin stated.
