Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has addressed the removal of President Akufo-Addo, citing his refusal to sign the Anti-Gay Bill as a major reason. According to Bagbin, Akufo-Addo’s decision not to sign the bill led to him being spoken ill of in parliament, as the constitution grants parliament the authority to pass laws, not the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bagbin emphasized that the Anti-Gay Bill, issued by parliament, cannot be abolished by anyone, including the President, due to the lack of a law permitting presidential refusal. The bill is expected to be presented to the new President for approval after consultation with the Attorney General and Minister for Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notably, Bagbin stressed that the bill should not be taken lightly, highlighting his commitment to its passage. It’s worth mentioning that Akufo-Addo had stated he would remain President until January 7, 2025, as stipulated by the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alban Bagbin Speaks on Akufo-Addo’s Refusing to Sign the AntiGay Law<\/p>\n
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has addressed the removal of President Akufo-Addo, citing his refusal to sign the Anti-Gay Bill as a major reason. According to Bagbin, Akufo-Addo’s decision not to sign the bill led to him being spoken ill of in parliament, as the constitution grants parliament the authority to pass laws, not the President.<\/p>\n
Bagbin emphasized that the Anti-Gay Bill, issued by parliament, cannot be abolished by anyone, including the President, due to the lack of a law permitting presidential refusal. The bill is expected to be presented to the new President for approval after consultation with the Attorney General and Minister for Justice.<\/p>\n
Notably, Bagbin stressed that the bill should not be taken lightly, highlighting his commitment to its passage. It’s worth mentioning that Akufo-Addo had stated he would remain President until January 7, 2025, as stipulated by the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5019,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5014\/revisions\/5019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}