The Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has claimed that President Akufo-Addo’s influence over the Members of Parliament from his party has significantly declined.
Dr Forson represents the Ajumako Enyan Essiam Constituency in Parliament. He believes the President has been sidelined, rendering him a “lame duck” with diminished control over New Patriotic Party MPs.
Dr. Forson argues that recent developments in Parliament indicate a shift in loyalty and allegiance among NPP MPs toward the party’s new flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In an interview with JoyNews, about President Akufo-Addo’s potential stance on the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, Dr. Forson predicted that NPP MPs would align with the Minority to pass the law. He believes that this perceived shift reflects President Akufo-Addo’s weakening influence within his party.
“Two years ago, I wouldn’t be sure that NPP MPs would break ranks with President Akufo-Addo, but now the President is weak within his party. They see him more or less as lame. He is a lame duck.
They have a new leader, and you can see that loyalty and allegiance have moved from the President to the new flagbearer. I sit in Parliament and see it daily,” Dr Forson told JoyNews’ Evans Mensah.
Dr. Ato Forson also disclosed that the contentious Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill is slated for passage by Friday, February 16.
Dr. Forson stated that the bill has undergone thorough consideration and is currently being perused to ensure that all proposed amendments approved by Parliament have been appropriately captured.
“By the weekend Ghana should have a bill called Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill,” he said.
The bill is designed to prohibit activities related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals within the country.
