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Activists: Ghanaian presidential election results will not improve LGBTQ rights

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Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama from the opposition National Democratic Congress has won Saturday’s general elections, defeating current Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party.

The NDC before the election had pledged its support for the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which would further criminalize LGBTQ people and those who support them.

The bill, which MPs approved in February, has yet to be signed by outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo because of a ruling the Supreme Court is expected to issue on Dec.

18. Richard Dela Sky, a journalist and private lawyer, challenged the law in March. The NDC, NPP and other parties used recognition of LGBTQ rights to persuade Ghanaians to vote for them.

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