The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has outlined the conditions under which he would consider signing the anti-LGBTQI bill if he is elected president. He emphasised that his decision to sign the bill would be contingent on its specific contents.
In an interview with BBC Africa on Wednesday, 4th December, Mahama stated that, “It is not an anti-LGBTQI Bill, it is a Family Values Bill. It was approved unanimously by our parliament. [LGBTQI] is against our African culture, it is against our religious faith, but I think we must look at the Bill and the president must indicate what he finds wrong with that bill and send it back to Parliament or alternatively he must send it to the Council of State and get the Council of State’s advice.”
When questioned whether he would have signed the Bill into law had he been president when it was passed by Parliament, Mahama indicated, “That is what I would have done.”
When asked directly if he would sign the bill into law if elected president, Mahama clarified that his decision would hinge on the specific provisions outlined in the bill.
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