News:
July 25, 2017
Forum for former Members of Parliament (MP) have thrown their weight behind Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Oquaye for his stand against homosexuality.
Former President of the forum for former MPS’ Mr. Kosi Kedem made this known at a conference in Parliament House.
The former Dome/Kwabenya legislator had early warned that leaders in Countries like Ghana would not countenance the aggressive push by external forces to accept acts such as homosexuality, bestiality among others.
When Amnesty International called on him this month and demanded scrapping of death penalty from the statute books, the Speaker reiterated his stands ones again on the subject of homosexuality, adding that African leaders are getting tired of some of these demands on the basis of human rights.
“Following what Tony Blair said which I personally wrote him a letter that if we do not go the homosexual way, it was going to affect their aid to us. Honestly in view of these developments, we Africans are also concerned about certain things that may appear really intellectual .
It is becoming a human right in some countries. The right to do homosexuality. The right for a human being to sleep with an animal. We are tired of some of these things and we must be frank about it. I think all these matters need to be seriously interrogated”, the Speaker said.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com