Bagbin: Parliament can still reconsider Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill despite passage

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Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin says the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, can still be revisited b…

Bagbin: Parliament can still reconsider Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill despite passage
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin says the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, can still be revisited by the House even though it has gone through a third reading and passage. According to him, Parliament is not “functus officio” once a bill is passed, and has constitutional room to rescind its decision before sending the legislation to the President for assent. Speaking during a courtesy call by the Supreme Court 150th Anniversary Plannin…