On these images “private and filmed in private places”, the head of government, 36, is seen dancing with friends.
Le Monde with AFP
Target criticism following the broadcast on social networks of a private video where we see her dancing during an evening with friends, the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, announced on Friday August 19 ‘Be subject to a drug test test. A way for the 36-year-old government chief of the ranks of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to respond to the various rumors accusing him, among other things, of having taken drugs during this evening.
“I have nothing to hide. I have not consumed drugs, and therefore, I have no problem doing a test,” she said the day before. “I did nothing illegal,” said Sanna Marin on Friday during a press conference, saying that he had never taken drugs, including in his youth. The result of the screening test will be known next week, she said.
Two private videos leaked in the same week
The controversy has swelled since the broadcasting of two videos. Widely shared on social networks and published by various media, the first watch the dancing government head of government and singing in front of the camera with a group of people, including Finnish celebrities, in what looks like an apartment. In the second video, broadcast on Friday, some believe they see Sanna Marin dancing with a Finnish pop star. The date on which these images were shot was not made public.
“These images are private, they were filmed in private places,” the Prime Minister first reacted. “I spent an evening with friends,” she explained, before finally agreeing to submit to the anti-Drogue test.
Some judged this behavior not very suitable for a Prime Minister, and found matter in suspicion as to a possible consumption of narcotics, while others believed that she had the right to have fun with friends at the ‘opportunity of a private evening.
Most criticisms focused on the fact that she was in service as Prime Minister when these videos were filmed, and M Marin had to justify himself on his ability to Direct, ensuring that his ability to work had not been altered.
She recognized, while claiming her right to privacy, which she had consumed alcohol, but has always denied having witnessed drug consumption by participants. She also had to justify herself about a kiss on the neck that a reporter believed to identify on one of the videos.
a long list of attacks and controversies
Antti Lindtman, head of the SDP group in Parliament, said in a press conference on his party on Thursday that the Prime Minister had the support of her group. “I don’t see big problems that she dances with friends during a private event,” he said.
Since his accession to this position in 2019, the one who was a time the youngest head of government in the world, has already undergone several waves of criticisms linked to her leisure, her age or his gender. In 2020, hundreds of Finnish had supported him by posing by neckline on social networks, behind the hashtag “imwithsanna” – “I am with Sanna”. Sanna Marin was then accused of “playing the models” in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis for posing for a magazine with a black blazer, without anything below.
In December 2021, Sanna Marin had to apologize for having danced to dawn without her phone, ignoring when she was in contact with COVVI-19. She also had to justify herself on breakfast fees.
The joint government of M marin is not spared by attacks, especially of a sexist nature. In 2021, a report published by the Center for Excellence of Strategic Communication of NATO (Stratcom) in Latvia on the basis of a study carried out in 2020, pointed out the magnitude of the attacks and the” coordinated harassment “aiming specifically the Finnish ministers on Twitter.