The police have deployed a huge number of personnel at the entrance of the Supreme Court in Accra ahead of a march to be climaxed by a petition presentation to the Chief Justice.
The march, organized by a pressure group, Arise Ghana is intended to express public frustration with the slow progress of the high-profile pending anti-LGBTQ+ cases at the apex court.
The court on it’s part, has denied it had purposely delayed the hearing on the high-profile cases, insisting that the parties involved in the suit were responsible.
Registrar of the Supreme Court, Justice Ellen Ofer-Ayeh said both sides in the case had failed to file the necessary processes.
Ahead of the ‘Family Values’ march, a huge number of police personnel have been deployed at the entrance of the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency, has expressed frustration over the delay in the passage of the controversial Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill.
Speaking on GHOne TV‘s “State of Affairs” with Lantam Papanko, George pointed fingers at Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, accusing her of stalling the process by failing to deliver a judgment on an injunction petition filed in relation to the bill.
George emphasized that all necessary legal documents and proceedings related to the injunction have been completed, leaving only a judgment to be delivered.
He claimed that the Chief Justice’s inaction is the main reason the bill has not been forwarded to the President for assent, stating, “The reason why the bill hasn’t gone to the president is not because of processes that have not been filed. It’s simply because the Chief Justice has failed to give judgment in the injunction petition.”
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Mitchell Asare Amoamah
