Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has called out Ayorkor Botchwey for her ignorant comments.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, while campaigning for NPP PC, Lydia Alhassan on Friday, November 27, 2020, at Ayawaso West Wuogon, stated that actors and entertainers have no business in Parliament business.

Ayorkor-Botchwey explained that the Parliament is serious business and anyone involved is mandated to enact laws and other serious national businesses and not for persons who may just want to pursue the course because of popularity.

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

These comments who've been refuted by Arnold, as he expressed his displeasure at her comments.

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He opined that with the exposure the minister has been privileged to have, her utterances on the platform were unfortunate and very offensive and that many industry players are offended by same.

Arnold then cited prominent celebrities who have gone into politics including the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, Ronald Reagan, and an Austrian-American actor, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and former politician who served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

“My biggest disappointment is the woman who made that comment because, in my estimation, I felt that the woman is really exposed and she is exposed, and if she is indeed with the creative arts industry as is being claimed here then she made a lot of ignorant comments on that platform…"

"all over 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 contested for president no one said because he is an actor no one should vote for him, nobody said Arnold Schwarzenegger because he is a movie actor and popular, no one should vote for him…” he said.