The Supreme
Court has dismissed an application seeking to injunct the Speaker of
Parliament, Alban Bagbin, from continuing with the consideration of the
anti-LGBTQ bill.
This follows an
application filed at the Supreme Court by a researcher named Dr. Amanda Odoi,
seeking to declare that the ongoing consideration of the bill is a breach of
Article 108 of the 1992 constitution.
Article 108 of
the Constitution, stipulates that no bill or motion shall be considered by
Parliament if, in the opinion of the person presiding, the bill is to impose
taxation, impose a charge on the consolidated fund or other public funds unless
it is introduced by the president.
It is the
contention of the applicant that the bill considered in its entirety will
impose a charge on the consolidated funded and offends the 1992 Constitution as
it is a private members bill.
He thus applied
to the High Court to injunct Parliament from further considering the bill until
a final determination is made.
The nine-member
panel presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo however dismissed the
injunction application.
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