{"id":5738,"date":"2019-11-02T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2019-11-02T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:21:47","slug":"ill-not-quit-acting-even-if-im-elected-as-mp-dumelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ill-not-quit-acting-even-if-im-elected-as-mp-dumelo","title":{"rendered":"I’ll not quit acting even if I\u2019m elected as MP \u2013 Dumelo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor John Dumelo has revealed that being a parliamentarian will not stop him from pursuing his acting career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to him, there are lawyers, doctors and businessmen in Parliament still practising their original career choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure parliamentary work or duties would take much of my time but yes once in a while I\u2019ll still work on movies,\u201d he told Jay Foley on\u00a0Daybreak Hitz\u00a0on\u00a0Hitz FM.<\/p>\n

Mr Dumelo said he will rather agree to roles that would help him balance the two careers well.<\/p>\n

The actor announced his desire to go into politics some months before the 2016 elections. He recently won the slot for the\u00a0National Democratic Congress\u2019\u00a02020 parliamentary candidate for Ayawas West Wougon.<\/p>\n

Although he has been campaigning for a while and engaging in youth forums and clean up exercises day in day out, Mr Dumelo seems to have found the time for his acting career.<\/p>\n

He is currently starring in the new Shirley Frimpong Manso movie \u2018The Perfect Picture\u2019.<\/p>\n

Mr Dumelo said although he sees politics as a calling, it is only fair he does not throw everything else away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to a few of my colleagues in the industry, they said that they would like to be into it but it has to be at the right time, so at a point in time when you feel you\u2019ve the desire to serve the nation, you\u2019ll definitely go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n