Finland's Prime Minister party video breaks into political debate

Sanna Marin defends her right to have fun and the opposition asks her to submit to a drug test

MADRID, 18 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

A video leaked and broadcast on social networks of the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, at a party with friends has generated a political debate in Finland and part of the opposition has requested that the 'premier' undergo a drug test.

The recording shows Marin dancing with various public figures, including Social Democratic Party MP Ilmari Nurminen, as well as presenters Tinni Wikstrom and Karoliina Tuominen, or 'influencer' Janita Autio.

"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 uproar caused by the dissemination of the video, in which a comment about flour -a term associated with cocaine- appears, the leader of the right-wing Finns Party, Riikka Purra, as well as the deputy Mikko Karna, Marin has been required to submit to a drug test.

"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.

For her part, the leader of the Christian Democrats parliamentary group, Paivi Rasanen, has pointed out that the prime minister has the right to privacy and also to disconnect with her friends, as 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'.