It is lame to deny me entry-visa because I support the anti-LGBTQI+ bill – Suhuyini trashes embassy
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana has denied Alhassan Suhuyini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, a visa on the grounds that he may not return to Ghana.
In response, Mr Suhuyini stated that he has challenged the Embassy’s decision and that when he hears from them, he would report the situation to Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be dealt with.
The MP went on to say that the Embassy’s justifications were disrespectful to Ghanaian state officials and diplomats.
“I have significant social or economic ties to my country to prompt my return after my intended visit, could only have been deliberately taken to provoke me and also undermine Ghanaian state officials and diplomats,” Mr Suhuyini wrote on his Facebook timeline.
Alhassan Suhuyini is one of the eight (8) Members of Parliament (MPs) who are advocating for the LGBTQ law in the legislature.
Mr Suhuyini on Starr Chat with sit-in presenter Francis Abban on Starr FM on Wednesday, stated that the most difficult obstacle for persons in the LGBTQ community is harassment from Ghanaians who despise the practice.
“Once that bill becomes law you can report somebody and actually get a lawyer to prosecute that person on your behalf for attacking you because you were accused of being gay,” Hon. Suhuyini stated.
Several reports linked the denial of visa to his active role in pushing for the anti-LGBTQI+ bill to be passed into law in Ghana. But in a rejoinder, he has since added his voice to the conversation.
Rejoinder: Suhuyini reveals recent visa denial, refuses to link it to LGBTQ+
I have seen news publications suggesting that I was denied a Visa by an unnamed Embassy due to my association with the PROMOTION OF PROPER HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND GHANAIAN FAMILY VALUES BILL, 2021.
Since I received correspondence that communicated the decision of the said Embassy, I have been inundated by calls from well meaning Ghanaian reporters and activists who without doubt believed that this very offensive decision of the Embassy is related to the Bill seven (7) of my colleagues and I are promoting.
I consider myself deeply reflective and fair minded, so I restrained myself and all those who tried to convince me that the reasons for my denial of the Visa was either than what the correspondence from the embassy communicated. I assumed at the time that the Protocol Officer, who at the time of processing my application was also dealing with other equally important domestic issues, may have faulted in the documents presented. I therefore have since taken steps to appraise every document or information and have since appealed the Embassy’s decision.
However all the information I now have convince me that the Protocol Officer submitted all appropriate documents. Therefore for the Netherlands Embassy to ignore my;
1] status as Member of Parliament of Ghana with responsibility to an entire Constituency, which was known to them.
2] valid travel visas to the UK and USA and my numerous previous travel record where I have never overstayed.
3] beautiful family and deny me an entry visa on the basis that ; there was insufficient evidence that I have significant social or economic ties to my country to prompt my return after my intended visit, could only have been deliberately taken to provoke me and also undermine Ghanaian state officials and diplomats.
After the determination of my appeal I will make a formal complaint to our country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with this gross disrespect.
Anyone with the slightest knowledge of me know that as a young person, even when I lived in conditions that justified migration abroad and migration was popular, I was never attracted to it, I’m a proud Ghanaian who believe in contributing to making our country attractive too to foreigners. How lame, If the penalty for supporting the PROMOTION OF PROPER HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND GHANAIAN FAMILY VALUES BILL, 2021 is the denial of an entry-visa into the Netherlands.
Source: Richard Mensah Adonu | Join our Telegram Group
