Daboya MP renders half-hearted apology for women stoning comments

NDC Member of Parliament for Daboya-Makarigu, Nelson Abudu Baani has rendered a half-hearted apology for suggesting that married women caught having extra-marital affair should be stoned to death. The MP made the suggestion whilst contributing to debates on the 2013 Intestate Succession bill currently before Parliament. He said there should be a provision in the bill allowing adulterous women to be stoned to death. He had argued that since such laws are being implemented in countries such as Saudi Arabia where Ghanaians go and obey them, the Ghanaian law should provide for same. The Intestate Succession Law PNDC Law 111 is being reviewed to make it more responsive to the needs of the immediate family of persons who die intestate. The MP's comments attracted public opprobrium with some women and civil society group asking for his resignation and others asking for an apology. The latest to criticize him is the Women’s Caucus in Parliament. Esther Obeng Dapaah, Vice President of the Caucus said the statement was “very unfortunate”. She promised to draw the attention of the Leadership of the House to the MP's obscurantist views, insisting that they will not allow it to rest. But speaking to Joy News’, Mr. Abudu Baani said he was merely suggesting measures to deter women from cheating on their husbands.

Source: Myjoyonline.com