Samuel Nartey George, the lead advocate for the anti-LGBTQ bill, is urging Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo to expedite the case that is delaying the bill’s transmission to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for approval.
The Supreme Court has postponed its ruling on the injunction applications filed by Dr. Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist Richard Sky, who seek to block the bill’s transmission, and will deliver the ruling on the same day as the final judgment.
In an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Samuel Nartey George, MP for Ningo-Prampram, called for the Chief Justice to speed up the judicial process to resolve the issue swiftly.
“Even during vacation, the court sits and hears matters of great importance and national importance that require urgency. The court can sit during the vacation. And so that is what we are demanding, that this matter is a critical matter.
“It is a matter that has come before this court. The matter has been pending since March. Other cases that came after this were of equal importance, and she disposed of them expeditiously.
“So why is the Chief Justice behaving at a snail’s pace or acting at a snail’s pace in this? It is contrary to the Chief Justice’s own religious belief that she espouses on the altar of the ICGC in Tema. It is also contrary to the traditional authority she comes under in the Central Region. And so the Chief Justice must act expeditiously in pursuit of what she professes.”
