Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has warned that leaders in countries like Ghana would not countenance the aggressive push by external forces to accept acts such as homosexuality, bestiality among others.
His caution follows a courtesy call on him today [Tuesday] by Amnesty International, where they made demands including a scrapping of the death penalty from the statute books.
But the Speaker said African leaders are getting tired of some of these demands on the basis of human rights.
“Following what Tony Blair said which I personally wrote him a letter that if we do not go the homosexual way, it was going to affect their aid to us. Honestly in view of these developments, we Africans are also concerned about certain things that may appear really intellectual …It is becoming a human right in some countries. The right to do homosexuality. The right for a human being to sleep with an animal. We are tired of some of these things and we must be frank about it. ..I think all these matters need to be seriously interrogated …,” said the Speaker.
Scottish MPs hit hard at Mahama over gay rights
mahama
In 2016, some Members of the Scottish Parliament called on their government to confront John Dramani Mahama, who was President at the time, on Ghana’s alleged abuses of its lesbian and gay citizens.
Naomi McAuliffe, Amnesty International’s programme Director in Scotland had said her organisation received regular reports that LGBT people faced police harassment.
Ghana is one of 75 countries which considers homosexuality as illegal.




4 COMMENTS

  2. Mr. Speaker, I believe in your values and what you stand for and that is the core of our heritage. You have the power to stop this even though the members of Parliament are in for it. I believe you know the game of polities and also know how to use your power to influence every decision taking in the parliament house.
    If not for anything, fight for generations to come.
    Thank you for your bold and wise stand.

  3. Thank you Mr. Speaker…
    What’s more, rather than say we are tired, let’s make laws that criminalises the act instead.
    There is a sense in which you may give in when you are tired. Everyone has their breaking point.
    Let’s criminalise the act instead.

  4. Thank you Mr. Speaker
    Hmmmm, oh! Ghana why are we following the foolish desires of our flesh and other
    foreign countries.
    God bless our homeland Ghana.

Comments are closed.