Dafeamekpor goes to court; wants Akufo-Addo to be compelled to sign LGBTQI Bill
Further, he is seeking the court to compel the Speaker of Parliament to submit the bill to the presidency as required by law
Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson Nelson-Dafeamekpor, has filed a motion for Mandamus at the High Court of Ghana directed at the president of the Republic to sign the LGBTQI Bill.
Further, he is seeking the court to compel the Speaker of Parliament to submit the bill to the presidency as required by law.
You may recall that Hon. Dafeamekpor has a pending suit and an application for an interlocutory injunction at the Supreme Court, directed at the Speaker of Parliament to halt the vetting and approval of the newly appointed ministers and deputies.
A mandamus, which is a discretionary remedy, is an order directed at a public officer to compel him to perform a duty statutorily committed to him.
Per his new writ, the Member of Parliament is seeking the following reliefs;
I. A declaration that the Parliament of Ghana duly complied with all the Constitutional provisions stipulated in Article 106 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana in the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill on the 28th of February, 2024.
II. An Order of mandamus directed at the 1st Respondent herein to present the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill to the President of the Republic of Ghana herein in accordance with Article 106 (7) of the 1992 Republic Constitution of Ghana on the basis that the Parliament of Ghana has duly complied with all the Constitutional provisions stipulated under Article 106 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.
III. An order directed at the President of Ghana to receive the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill as presented by Parliament in accordance with Article 106(7) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana for the purposes of his assent or otherwise.
IV. An order directed at the President of the Republic of Ghana to signify to the 1st Respondent herein, within seven days after the presentation of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, his assent to the bill or that he refuses to assent to the bill in accordance with Article 106(7) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana unless the bill is referred by the President to the Council of State pursuant to Article 90 of the Constitution of Ghana.
V. Any other relief(s) this Honourable Court may deem fit.
