Finland: Prime Minister launders after controversy on her holidays

The judge responsible for examining the acts of members of the government found no reason to suspect Sanna Marin for having failed in his duties.

Le Monde with AFP

The complaints filed against the Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, after the broadcast, this summer, of a video where we see her having fun with friends during an evening, were classified without follow -up, Friday 4 November.

The Chancellor of Justice, responsible for examining the legality of the action of members of the government, “does not see any reason to suspect the Prime Minister of illegal conduct in the context of his activities or to have neglected his functions official, “he announced in a press release.

The case, which has gone around the world, raised the question of the behavior of leaders in their privacy as well as those of the treatment reserved for women who exercise power.

The complainants criticized in particular the youngest government chief of Europe, aged 36, for not being able to work “because of [his] alcohol consumption”, to have a behavior inappropriate for a Prime Minister or even to have harmed “the reputation and security” of Finland.

The Social Democratic Prime Minister had submitted to a narcotics screening test, which had proved negative, but the controversy had been relaunched a few days later by the publication of a photo showing two women lifting their High at a party organized in July at his official residence, which forced M me marin to apologize.

/Media reports.