The court has ordered the parties to submit their written arguments in a case at the High Court contesting the approval procedure of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
This comes after the case was postponed until July 29. In his writ, the plaintiff, farmer Paul Boama Sefa, claims that the speaker of parliament disregarded the Public Financial Management Act’s requirements by allowing the bill to proceed through the approval process.
The plaintiff claims that, in violation of Section 100(1) of the Public Financial Management Act, the bill was not accompanied by a fiscal impact analysis outlining the expected effect on revenues and expenditures for the financial year it is to be passed.
The Chief Justice’s decision to provide live media broadcast of all trials pertaining to the anti-LGBT+ bill means that this is the first case to be heard.
However, the case was postponed until July 29 by the presiding court so that the parties could submit their written arguments.
The plaintiff has till today, four weeks from now, to submit his entry. After the petitioner has completed his, the defendants—the Attorney General and the Speaker of Parliament—will each file their own submissions.
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