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Marin defends her right to have fun and the opposition asks her to submit to a drug test
A video filtered and disseminated through social networks of the prime minister of FinlandSanna Marin, at a party with friends has generated a political debate in the country and part of the opposition has asked that the ‘premier’ undergo a drug test.
Finland’s Prime Minister @MarinSanna is in the headlines after a video of her partying was leaked today.
She has previously been criticized for attending too many music festivals & spending too much on partying instead of ruling.
The critics say it’s not fitting for a PM. pic.twitter.com/FbOhdTeEGw
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) August 17, 2022
In the recording Marin appears dancing with different public figures, among which is the deputy Ilmari Nurminen, of the Social Democratic Party, as well as the presenters Tinni Wikstrom and Karoliina Tuominen, or the ‘influencer’ Janita Autio.
“I have not used drugs”
“I have nothing to hide. I have not used drugs, so it is not a problem to do the tests. But I also think it is quite special that something like this is required,” Marin defended himself before journalists this Thursday, according to what he has collected. the Finnish newspaper ‘Helsingin Sanomat’.
Likewise, Marin has stated that “she has a family life, a work life” and “free time” that she spends with her friends, for which she has said she feels disappointed at the publication of these videos on social networks. “I’m sorry they were published,” she added.
However, given the commotion caused by the dissemination of the video, in which a comment appears on the flour –term associated with the cocaine–, the leader of the right-wing Finns Party, Riikka Purra, as well as MP Mikko Karna, have demanded that Marin undergo a drug test.
opposition criticism
“Just for the sake of public debate, it would be prudent for the prime minister to voluntarily submit to a drug test, the results of which would be published by an independent body,” Purra said on his Twitter profile.
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For her part, the leader of the Christian Democrat parliamentary group, Paivi Rasanen, has indicated that the prime minister has the right to private life and also to disconnect with your friendsas long as it is done within the limits of the law.
“What surprised me was that it was clearly recorded on video. It was not a cryptic video, people came out. It is quite careless when something like this spreads easily,” he explained, according to the newspaper ‘Iltalehti’.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.