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General news for Sunday, February 28, 2021
Source: 3 News
2021-02-28
Australian High Commissioner in Ghana Gregory Andrews at the LGBTQ + event
The National Youth Organizer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Kofi Osei Arkwa, has condemned the Australian High Commissioner, Gregory Andrews, for promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQ + ) in Ghana.
Arkwa wants Australia’s High Commissioner in Ghana to be shut down immediately as the government accelerates actions to repatriate the Commissioner for supporting and pushing LGBTQ +, something Ghana’s culture and religion disapprove of.
Speaking in an interview on the morning show Yen Sempa on Onua FM on Friday, February 26, the CPP’s Youth Organizer described the measures taken by the government so far against LGBTQ + practices as half-hearted and indolent.
He is furious that the Australian High Commissioner attended the LGBTQ + function to endorse the act and the fact that the government is indifferent in sanctioning it.
It has demanded the Minister Designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to officially write to the Australian government to expel SE Gregory Andrews for his actions in support of LGBTQ +.
He reiterated that LGBTQ + is not part of Ghana’s social norms and no foreign person or entity should be allowed to promote it in the country.
In addition, he said that it is not part of the bilateral agreement between Ghana and Australia.
He also explained that the High Commissioner is here in Ghana to advance Australia’s political and economic interests and to work with the government on issues of common interest, including development, trade, investment, peace and security.
But he is of the opinion that the Australian High Commissioner has overstepped and deviated from the bilateral relationship between Ghana and the country he represents and therefore does not deserve to continue his stay in the country.
Arkwa chided the designated foreign minister for failing to expel the foreign missionary a day after he endorsed LGBTQ +, describing the minister’s work on foreign missions as negligent.
It revealed that the CPP is against homosexuality, lesbianism and all forms of LGBTQ + and would do everything possible to mobilize the masses to kick the practice or its legalization in Ghana.
