July 20, 2011

A former deputy Attorney General and Member of Parliament for Nsuta/Kwamang Beposo, Kwame Osei Prempeh has urged President John Atta Mills to take a more significant position on homosexuality.

According to him President Mills has not been definite in his stance on the deviant act, adding that the Christian Council of Ghana must rather be commended for their strong position on homosexuality and not condemned.

The MP for Sene, Felix Twumasi Appiah has slammed the call by the Christian Council for Ghanaians to vote against politicians who do not openly declare their stance on homosexuality ahead of the 2012 general elections.

He also condemned the clergy, accusing them of hypocrisy. The clergy, he said, was refusing to realize that the incidence of homosexuality indicated that they had failed to convert more people to Christianity.

However speaking on Citi Eye Witness news on Tuesday 19th July 2011, Hon. Kwame Osei Prempeh stated that it was important the most powerful person in Ghana in the person of President Mills who claims to be a Christian comes out publicly to condemn the evil and abominable act of homosexuality.

He noted that President John Evans Atta Mills at a thanksgiving service in Sunyani after the NDC congress gave the assurance that government would institute measures to check the menace of homosexuality and lesbianism that were gradually gaining grounds within the social fabric of the country, but was surprise about the quick U-turn when a day after the publication the President denied making any such comments.

“ The President did the country a great disservice with the retraction and denial of the story, now that it is clear that the President had not made any such comments, it sends a wrong signal that the President himself does not see anything wrong with it’’ Kwame Osei Prempeh said.

He added that the laws of the land frown on homosexuality, adding that President Mills must ensure that homosexuals are seriously dealt with in the country.

Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh