By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The Majority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for South Dayi Constituency in the Volta region, Mr. Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, has revealed that Ghana’s Parliament could pass the reintroduced anti-LGBTQ Bill on Friday, May 29, 2026, if all goes as planned.
Speaking on PM Express, a current affairs show on Joy News, the South Dayi lawmaker hinted that the committee handling the bill has completed its work and is ready to table its report before the House.
He explained that Parliament is prepared to move quickly through the remaining stages of the legislative process once the report is presented.
“When it’s laid, we can take the report, debate it, that’s as part of the principles for second reading, and adopt it. Once it’s adopted, we move into consideration. At the consideration level, we can even decide to do consideration on Friday, and pass it,” the Majority Chief Whip stressed.
He further argued that Parliament was not dealing with an entirely new piece of legislation, since the House had already approved an earlier version of the bill.
“You see, the Ghanaian family values bill, we have already passed it.
It was a certain president who decided not to sign, so the terms of the bill are essentially what parliament had already passed,” he said.
When asked whether the bill would be passed this year, Mr Dafeamekpor said, “Yes, in a couple of weeks, not even months. We’ll pass it once we do the second reading on Thursday or Friday, and with consideration, we can pass it.”
He also defended plans for an expedited process, arguing that Parliament should not be accused of abusing urgency procedures, since lawmakers were already familiar with the bill’s contents.
“But when we do consider expeditiously, let the NPP not shout that we are abusing the certificate of urgency,” he cautioned.
“It will be rapidly done, because we cannot be reenacting what we have already read.”
His comments suggest the governing party intends to speed up the legislative process rather than reopen prolonged debates on issues lawmakers believe have already been settled.
