Councilor Lutterodt rebukes Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey for shadowing John Dumelo

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Entertainment

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-12-01

Controversial marriage counselor and regular commentator on Peace FM’s entertainment show, George Lutterodt, has added his voice to industry players who have criticized the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, for overshadowing John Dumelo on his ambition to enter parliament.

Ms Ayorkor Botchwey on a political platform claimed that parliament was serious business, not people who have acted in movies and think they are popular.

“Parliament is for serious people and not for people who have made some movies and think they are popular. It is a serious place; I am going to tell him; the laws of the land are enacted in parliament. If our president can continue his work very well, he needs Lydia Alhassan in Parliament to do the job, so that everything you need as a constituency will be easily given to you. “

Her comments, which were a direct shadow to actor-turned-politician John Dumelo, were met with fierce criticism from some industry players who thought a woman of her caliber should not have made such comments.

One person who did not take the minister’s remarks kindly was Arnold Asamoah Baidoo, who said the minister was too exposed to make such unfortunate comments.

Arnold said: “My biggest disappointment is the woman who made that comment because, in my opinion, I felt that the woman is really exposed and she is exposed, and if she is in fact with the creative arts industry as stated here, then made a lot of ignorant comments on that platform … around the world, people who are movie actors are popular, and as exposed as this woman is, she should have known that Ronald Reagan, when he ran for president, no one said why he is an actor, nobody should vote for him, nobody said Arnold Schwarzenegger because he is a popular and film actor, nobody should vote for him … “

The last to add his voice to criticism of the minister is Councilor George Lutterodt.

According to him, his biggest problem with the minister’s comments was the fact that she said that parliament was serious business and not people who think they are popular or movie stars.

Citing the Year of Return as an example, he said that many of the celebrities who came to the country to celebrate the event were movie stars and musicians whose popularity was what brought them to the country in the first place, making it regrettable for the country. minister, whose ministry facilitated his arrival to make such comments.

“… I’m talking about the Minister of Foreign Affairs, when you spoke you mentioned people who came to join us to celebrate the Year of Return, you gave us people who have been celebrated and they came to join us to celebrate us. Only the Ministry of Relations Foreign Affairs attracted people who were also popular in Ghana. Stave Harvey and everyone else, it’s their popularity that got them into the Year of Return, so if our Foreign Minister is saying that Parliament is for serious business, don’t for popular people and star movies, in fact, that’s the part I have the most trouble with ”… he said.

Councilor Lutterodt said that there is no part of the constitution that says that a person cannot be a member of parliament because he is a movie star or popular, and said there have been many cases where people who ‘knew nothing’ ‘They entered parliament and learned and moved through the ranks to be good at making policy.

“So what he said means that John Dumelo being a popular movie star alone doesn’t qualify him to be in parliament, but our constitution doesn’t say so. People who knew nothing have been in parliament, but with time and training they can make meaningful legislatures. The pedigree that the minister has cannot be compared to John Dumelo, so when she stands on a political platform and makes such statements, she does not speak well… ”he concluded.

See Counselor Lutterodt in the video below: