The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has issued a forceful rebuttal against allegations that the Majority caucus lacks commitment toward the progression of the high-profile and controversial bill, Human Sexual Right and Family Values Bill 2025, currently before the House.
Addressing the growing public discourse surrounding the legislation’s delay, Ayariga clarified that the bill had been formally transmitted to the Jubilee House, the seat of government for the next stage of the constitutional process. However, the Majority Leader alleged that the Presidency declined to officially receive the document, creating a procedural bottleneck.
”There appears to be a coordinated attempt to foster the impression that we are uninterested in the bill’s passage,” Ayariga stated. “That narrative is demonstrably inaccurate. The bill was duly dispatched to Jubilee House, but the executive branch refused to take delivery of it.”
The Majority Leader’s comments serve as a direct response to critics who have suggested that the Majority side is intentionally stalling the legislation. He rejected these assertions as “misleading and politically motivated,” pointing to the foundational role his caucus has played in the bill’s lifecycle.
He emphasized that prominent members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are the primary sponsors of the legislation, arguing that the party’s authorship of the bill is the ultimate proof of their dedication to seeing it enacted into law.
The current standoff has significantly intensified political friction in the capital. Constitutional observers note that this disagreement over the physical handling and transmission of the bill threatens to further strain the already delicate relationship between the Legislative and Executive arms of government.
As the procedural stalemate continues, civil society stakeholders and legal experts are calling for urgent clarity on the bill’s current status.
There is a growing demand for both the Speaker of Parliament and the Presidency to reconcile their accounts of the transmission process to ensure that constitutional and parliamentary due process is strictly upheld.
