You Should Be The Last To Talk About Human Rights; Sam George To VP Harris

Lawmaker and lead advocate for Ghana’s anti-gay bill, Sam George, has taken on visiting United States vice President, Kamala Harris, for statements she’s made over the bill.

In an interview, the Ningo Prampram MP said Harris must rather focus on the rampant mass shootings her country has been recording as a result of lapses in America’s human rights protection.

“Kamala Harris should be the last person to come to talk to Ghana about Human rights in Ghana. Barely two hours ago… a gunwoman in her twenties walked into a school with kids struck and killed three school children and three adults.

“Those are the human rights of her country’s citizens that Kamala Harris should be worried about. On a daily basis, more people die of gun violence than how malaria kills in Africa.”, he said on News 360 last night.

He furthered that Harris could probably have been a victim of such violence since she is a woman of colour.

BBC reports that America has recorded more than 130 mass shootings across the US so far this year.

It reports that in the last three years, there have been more than 600 mass shootings, almost two a day on average.

Sam George’s statement was on the back of Harris’ assertion that LGBTQ+ was an issue of human rights.

“I feel very strongly about the importance of supporting the freedom and supporting the fighting for equality among all people, and that all people be treated equally. I will also say that this is an issue that we consider, and I consider to be a human rights issue, and that will not change”, she said.

Ghana’s anti-gay bill introduced by some Members of Parliament in 2021 seeks to among other things institute 3 to 5 years of imprisonment for engaging in same-sex intercourse; 5 to 10 years of imprisonment for anyone who produces, procures, or distributes material deemed to be promoting LGBT+ activities.

It also seeks to institute 6 months to 1-year imprisonment for a public show of amorous relations between people of the same sex; a ban on sponsoring LGBT+ groups; a ban on adoption and fostering for LGBT+ potential parents; prohibition of same-sex marriage; 6 months to 3 years imprisonment for anyone who harasses someone accused of being LGBT+ and others.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini