NPP Will Never Support LGBTQ+- Ntim

The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Stephen Ayesu Ntim has said his party will never support the activities of homosexuals.

The chairman addressing the congregants during the one-year thanksgiving service for the National Executives at Pentecost International Worship Centre(PIWC) in Accra said, the party believes in the religious and cultural values that frown the practice of LGBTQ+ and will not go to the contrary to such beliefs.

“I want to state emphatically that the NPP that I chair will not support LGBTQ+” he noted.

His comments come at a time the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has been cited for contempt regarding the anti-gay bill.

This was after a researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court asking the court to sanction the Speaker for showing contempt and disregard for court processes.

“That the respondent’s clear, intentional and continuous disregard of the court process necessitates the respondent being sanctioned for contempt in the public interest and to protect the dignity of the Court,” the Court documents state.

“That by his conduct in directing or causing Parliament to proceed to a Second Reading of the Bill, in full knowledge of the pending suit and related interlocutory injunction application, the Respondent has disregarded and disrespected the authority of this Court”.

“That such disregard interferes with the outcome of the pending litigation, brings the administration of justice into disrepute, and undermines public confidence in the judicial system.”

The incumbent government for some time now has also been under pressure to declare a stand on issues regarding same-sex marriage after they were accused by some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC).

Last week, Parliament adopted the motion of the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill.

This followed the second reading of the Bill on Wednesday, July 5.

After the second reading, members of the House were given the opportunity by the Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, to debate the motion.

Among the members who contributed to the debate was Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development Dan Botwe, who described as “madness” the activities of lesbians, gays, bi-sexuals, and transgender (LGBT) humans.

He said the practice is satanic and should not be allowed to fester in the country.