SPEAKER BAGBIN INVALIDATES THE PASSED ANTI-GAY BILL

The Rt Hon Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has effectively invalidated the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, and have called on both sides of the House to revisit the Bill over concerns about procedural irregularities during its final approval.

Delivering a statement on the floor of Parliament today, Mr. Bagbin said the circumstances surrounding the bill’s passage last Friday May 29, 2026, had raised serious questions about compliance failures on Standing Orders 170, 171 and 172 the integrity of the legislative process.

The Speaker stressed that while the bill had been widely supported by Ghanaians and promoted as a bipartisan initiative, Parliament must ensure that legislation of such national importance is passed in strict accordance with established procedures.

Reported by Joe Amoateng, Parliament House, Accra