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A lawsuit brought by television personality Richard Dela Sky and University of Ghana researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi, contesting the enactment of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also referred to as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, was unanimously dismissed by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court ruled that the case was premature because the bill had not yet been signed into law.
Justice Lovelace Johnson, the presiding judge, clarified that a bill cannot be reviewed by the courts for legality until it has been signed into law by the president.
The bill, according to Richard Sky’s petition, breached a number of 1992 Constitutional provisions, including Articles 33(5), 12(1) and (2), 15(1), 17(1) and (2), 18(2), and 21(1)(a)(b)(d), and (e).
A declaration that the Speaker of Parliament had breached Article 108(a)(ii) by permitting the passage of a law that imposes financial obligations on the Consolidated Fund or other public resources was one of the eight reliefs requested.
In addition, Sky requested an injunction to stop the bill’s execution, claiming it violated the constitution and was an abuse of parliamentary power.
His arguments, however, were deemed without merit by the court, which dismissed the case altogether.
The ruling reiterates that a bill’s constitutionality cannot be examined by judges before it is signed into law.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
