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The Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame has asserted that every step towards passage of the Human Sexual and Ghanaian Family Values bill is "politically motivated". 

He, however, prescribes a holistic legal approach to issues by all, and a halt in the "unnecessary tit-for-tat" actions by certain individuals with vested interest in bill.

The Attorney-General, also held that the Speaker of Parliament, Hon Sumana Kinsford Alban Bagbin was either misled or misinformed when he decided to suspend the approval of ministerial nominees until the Supreme Court completely dealt with the anti-gay bill cases before them.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with TV3 monitored by Peacefmonline.com, Mr. Dame said, "Every aspect of this bill is politically motivated. Otherwise, there is really no urgency. I remember mooting the contract management bill, a bill that had the potential to save the state millions of Cedis in judgment debt, passed by parliament in July 2023, it was only presented to the president for his assent about three weeks ago. Every step in this matter is politically motivated”.

''This is a time we have to look at things legally, through the appropriate lenses and with all respect stop the unnecessary tit for tat being done by some people," he added.

The Speaker on Wednesday, announced the suspension of the nominee ministers presented to the Parliament by President Akufo Addo.

The Speaker’s decision to suspend the vetting of the appointed ministers comes in the wake of the President’s letter to the Speaker instructing the house to cease and desist from transmitting the Human Sexual and Ghanaian Family Values bill for his assent. The Presidency, in his view, awaits the supreme verdicts on the suit presented by some two persons who seek to challenge the passage of the Anti-gay bill.  

Reacting to this, Mr. Dame was of the opinion that the Speaker's action was possibly based on a representation of facts or deliberate act of deception and the bill was hastily handled.

“I think that it is either the speaker was misinformed or misled by those who were mooting the action,” he said.