Samuel Nartey George, the lead proponent for the anti-LGBTQ bill, is urging the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, to expedite the case that has stalled the transmission of the bill to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his assent.
The Supreme Court deferred its ruling on the injunction applications by Dr. Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist Richard Sky, which seeks to halt the bill’s transmission, choosing instead to deliver the ruling on the same day as the final judgment.
In an interview with Citi News, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, said the Chief Justice should accelerate the judicial process to resolve the matter promptly.
“Even during vacation, the court sits and hears matters of great importance and national importance that require urgency. The court can sit during the vacation. And so that is what we are demanding, that this matter is a critical matter.
“It is a matter that has come before this court. The matter has been pending since March. Other cases that came after this were of equal importance, and she disposed of them expeditiously.
“So why is the Chief Justice behaving at a snail’s pace or acting at a snail’s pace in this? It is contrary to the Chief Justice’s own religious belief that she espouses on the altar of the ICGC in Tema. It is also contrary to the traditional authority she comes under in the Central Region. And so the Chief Justice must act expeditiously in pursuit of what she professes.”
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