‘NDC engaging in populism: they’re pushing Anti-gay Bill because they’re in opposition’ – CDD Boss
The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana is accusing the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of engaging in populism.
According to the Center, the Party is Keen on pushing for the passage of the Anti LGBTQI+ Bill because they are not in power to face the consequences of passing such a “reckless bill”.
Explaining his stance, Executive Director of CDD-Ghana, Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh who has ardently opposed the said, the consequences associated with such a “controversial” bill is why the governing Party is seemingly silent on the matter.
“The opposition can afford to pander to populism by pushing this reckless bill because they know they are not in Government. But their political opportunism is short-sighted, unless, of course, they see no prospect of coming into Government any time soon.
“When you are in Government, as opposed to just trying to hold on to your one local parliamentary seat, that’s when you know how completely reckless a bill like this is.
“Unlike individual MPs, the Government operates in a dynamic international environment, where pandering to local populism can often come at a huge cost,” he said of the different approaches adopted by the two major parties.
Prof Prempeh revealed that the economy is already suffering the effect of the bill before Parliament following the country’s bond flop, noting that it so the bill is reckless and will hurt the country further.
“Go and ask the State’s economic managers; they are already feeling the pain from the bond markets. Here is a country that is unable to collect enough taxes from its citizens even to pay its day-to-day expenses and must depend on the international capital markets to raise money to balance its budgets and finance major infrastructure. And some sit in Parliament sponsoring reckless Bills of absolutely no value. We ain’t seen nothing yet!” He asserted.
Hearing of memoranda on the bill has begun in Parliament and the bill which proscribes LGBTQI+ and its advocacy will likely be passed given the pressure mounted by various groups, including churches and Islamic sects.
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