The Finnish Prime Minister sanna marinis involved in a strong controversy after several videos were leaked in which she appears singing and dancing at a private party during her vacation with a group of friends.
The videos, published on Wednesday afternoon by the tabloid ‘Iltalehti’ tabloid, stole the attention of the Finnish media and overshadowed the Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP) summer congress led by 36-year-old Marin.
Apparently, the original video was published in a closed group on the Instagram social network with less than a hundred members to which Marin belongs, but then someone spread it on social networks.
According to some local media, partygoers are heard in the video mentioning the word “jauhojengi” (literally, the flour gang) and may imply that cocaine was consumed at the party.
Soon social networks were filled with comments from outraged people who demanded that Marin take a drug test, but also from many citizens who do not understand what this controversy is about and are delighted that their prime minister also has a private life and leaves partying on your vacation.
This is the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin. Some been saying she’s cool… maybe among other teenagers. But a responsible leader for a country in crisis? She is by far the most incompetent PM we ever had. She knows nothing. Please take your leather jacket and resign. Thanks. pic.twitter.com/tHLhdEKEa8
— Aleksi Valavuori (@Valavuori) August 17, 2022
The Prime Minister’s version
Before the news spread to the international press, Marin gave his version this Thursday in an interview for public television YLE.
The young prime minister pointed out that it was simply a private party in a private home with some Finnish celebrities and adamantly denied having used drugs, although he admitted to drinking “low-proof alcoholic beverages”.
“I am upset that these videos have been published. The point is that I have been partying with some friends, dancing and singing, although it is true that crazy“said the young prime minister.
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
However, she was willing to take a drug test if necessary to show that she has nothing to hide.
“I want to show that these positions are also occupied by normal people, with an ordinary life. I have a family life, a work life and free time to spend with my friends, exactly like many people my age,” he told YLE.
I want to show that these positions are also occupied by normal people, with an ordinary life
Marin, who has already been “criticized” for attending the gay pride parade or going to a “heavy metal” festival in a leather jacket, sees no reason to change her behavior.
“I am going to continue being the same person that I have been until now and I hope that people accept it. We live in a democracy, in the elections these questions are decided,” he affirmed.
Since taking office in December 2019, becoming the world’s youngest head of government, Sanna Marin has come under unprecedented scrutiny in Finnish history.
Last December, his face filled the front pages of the tabloids for partying at a nightclub with friends until four in the morning and leaving his official mobile phone at home.
She was forced to apologize, but remembered that she had her private phone with her and that, if an emergency had arisen, she could have been reached without any problem.
A new video of Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s “party scandal” appeared in Finland today.
Seiska writes that Marin, who is married and has been in that relationship for 18 years, was seen in many questionable situations.
Iltalehti has a sound expert confirming “flour-gang”. pic.twitter.com/Nj5A71R8Rd
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) August 19, 2022
Sanna Marin undergoes a drug use test
And this Friday, the prime minister again denied having used narcotic substances during a party and announced that she had undergone a drug test “to clean her reputation”, the results of which will be made public within a week.
“In recent days, quite serious accusations have been made public that I have used drugs. For my own legal protection, although I consider that the requirement of a drug test is unreasonable, to erase such suspicions today I have submitted myself to a drug test. drugs,” he told a news conference.
Marin, who has been involved in a controversy after leaking a video in which she appears singing and dancing at a private party, said she has never taken drugs or seen anyone take them.
“Never in my life, not even in my youth, have I used drugs. I wish we lived in a society where my word could be trusted. But since now they want to raise those suspicions, that’s why I took the test,” he said.
“I am also concerned with the presumption of innocence and I would like these accusations not to be launched,” he added.
Regarding the possible political repercussions of the broadcast of the video, Marin pointed out that all Finnish citizens have the right to judge her for her actions and reflect her opinion in the next elections.
*With information from EFE
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