Parliament is urging the Supreme Court to expedite the interlocutory injunctions in opposition to the anti-gay invoice filed by personal authorized practitioner Richard Dela Sky and gender activist Dr Amanda Odoi.
Both Richard Dela Sky and Dr Odoi have independently filed lawsuits in opposition to the anti-gay invoice, asking the court docket to forestall President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from enacting the invoice into regulation.
They have each identified Constitutional violations of gay rights.
Parliament argues {that a} related case involving MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has already been heard, whereas that of Richard Dela Sky and Dr Odoi continues to be pending.
In a letter to the Supreme Court’s Registrar, dated Thursday, March 28, 2024, attorneys for Parliament, Sory at Law Barristers and Solicitors, mentioned, “It will accordingly be appreciated if the parties are given a very early date to expedite the hearing of the applications pending before the Court. We trust that as the applications raise matters of public interest, you will give our letter the attention it deserves.”
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) had accused the Attorney-General of bias over the choice of the Supreme Court to expedite the trial within the software by the South Dayi MP, in opposition to the approval of ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees whereas the case in opposition to the anti-LGBTQ Bill filed earlier by Richard Sky continues to be pending earlier than the court docket.
In response to the lawsuits, the Presidency despatched a letter to Parliament, pausing the transmission of the anti-gay invoice for assent.
Parliament just lately handed the controversial anti-gay invoice.
Click to read the letter to the Supreme Court
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