Justice,
Gertrude
Torkornoo
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Ghana’s
Supreme
Court
has
deferred
the
ruling
on
the
request
to
restrain
Parliament
from
transmitting
the
Anti-LGBT
bill
filed
by
Dr.
Amanda
Odoi,
until
the
substantive
case
is
heard
and
determined.
The
5-member
panel,
chaired
by
Chief
Justice,
Gertrude
Torkornoo
the
pronouncement
on
the
application
for
an
interlocutory
injunction
against
the
transmission
of
the
anti-gay
bill
to
the
presidency
by
Parliament
on
Wednesday,
July
17.
The
Case
has
been
adjourned
indefinitely,
TV3’s
Joseph
Ackah-Blay
who
was
in
court
reported.
The
same
conclusion
was
given
to
the
application
filed
by
broadcast
journalist
Richard
Sky
against
the
anti-lgbti
bill,
as
well.
Background
There
are
currently
two
lawsuits
before
the
Supreme
Court
challenging
the
passage
of
the
anti-LGBTQ+
bill
passed
by
Parliament.
Richard
Dela
Sky
is
challenging
the
constitutionality
of
Parliament’s
passage
of
the
“Human
Sexual
Rights
and
Family
Values
Bill.”
He
argues
that
the
bill
violates
several
provisions
of
the
1992
Constitution,
including
Article
33(5)
and
Articles
12(1)
and
(2),
15(1),
17(1)
and
(2),
18(2),
and
21(1)(a)(b)(d)
and
(e).
Sky
is
seeking
eight
reliefs,
including
an
order
declaring
that
the
Speaker
of
Parliament
contravened
Article
108(a)(ii)
of
the
Constitution
by
allowing
Parliament
to
pass
the
bill,
which
imposes
a
charge
on
the
Consolidated
Fund
or
other
public
funds
of
Ghana.
Dr.
Amanda
Odoi
has
raised
concerns
about
specific
provisions
within
the
Human
Sexual
Rights
and
Family
Values
Bill.
She
is
seeking
a
restraining
order
to
prevent
the
Speaker,
the
Attorney-General,
and
the
Clerk
of
Parliament
from
sending
the
bill
to
President
Akufo-Addo
for
approval.