Winner of Ghana’s presidential election will scrutinize anti-LGBTQ bill, might sign it

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12/08/2024

John Mahama, former president of Ghana and the apparent victor in today’s presidential election, has said he will scrutinize the harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill that Parliament passed in February before deciding whether to sign it. As GhanaWeb reported on Mahama’s interview with the BBC shortly before the election: The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has stated his position on the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, which is currently under debate due to some portions of the document.” Speaking in an interview with international media, BBC, Mahama stated that a future NDC government would sign the anti-LGBTQ+ bill depending on its contents and the specifics of what it entails.

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