Bagbin Was Either Misinformed Or misled – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General Godfred Dame believes that the Speaker of Parliament was misled or misinformed leading to his decision to halt the approval of the ministerial nominees until after the Supreme Court has finished with the cases against the anti-gay bill.
Speaking exclusively with TV3’s Joseph Ackah-Blay on Thursday, March 21, Mr Dame said “I think that it is either the speaker was misinformed or misled by those who were mooting the action.”

Mr Dame further stated that the sponsoring of the anti-gay bill was politically motivated.
It was his view that there was really no need to handle this bill urgently.
“Every aspect of this bill is politically motivated. Otherwise, there is really no urgency. I remember mooting the contract management bill, a bill that had the potential to save the state millions of Cedis in judgment debt, passed by parliament in July 2023, it was only presented to the president for his assent about three weeks ago. Every step in this matter is politically motivated,” he told TV3’s Joseph Ackah-Blay in an exclusive interview on Thursday, March 21.

Mr Dame further told the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin that this is not the time to engage in tit for tat.

In his view, this is the time to look at things within the legal framework.
“This is a time we have to look at things legally, through the appropriate lenses and with all respect to stop the unnecessary titi for tat is being done by some people,” he said.
Piro to this exclusive interview, Mr Dame told Mr Bagbin that there was no inhibition in the process of Parliament to approve the ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Mr Dame refuted claims that he has received an interlocutory injunction in the case brought forth by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor.
Mr Dame clarified that he has not been served with any legal documents pertaining to such court proceedings.