Finland's prime minister takes a drug test

MADRID, 19 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, has said this Friday that she has undergone a drug test after part of the opposition asked her to do so due to the leak of a video of her on social networks in which she appears dancing with friends .

"Since these types of suspicions are sought, I took the tests just to be sure. I am affected by the presumption of innocence," she said, adding that she hopes that claims about possible substance use in her social life will not be made again. , as reported by the Finnish newspaper 'Helsingin Sanomat'.

Marin has also avoided speculating about the leaking of the video, since one must "be prepared" for all kinds of threats, although he has defended his friends, assuring that he "knows" that it was not them, according to the newspaper. Iltalehti'.

"I don't want to lose my faith in people. I will continue to do my job the best I can," he settled after communicating that, given the controversy that said recording has sown, the tests have been done, the results of which are expected within a week.

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

In the commotion caused this Thursday by the broadcast 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, They demanded a drug test from Marin.

It is not the first time that Marin has sparked controversy in Finland. Already in 2021, the prime minister had to apologize for having attended a nightclub knowing that she was a close contact of a positive for COVID-19, amid a wave of criticism for her behavior.