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“I haven’t taken any drugs, so I have no problem taking a drug test,” the 36-year-old politician told journalists in Helsinki on Thursday. Videos had previously been shared online networks showing Marin partying with a group of people.
The videos are private, they were recorded in private places, Marin explained. “I spent an evening with friends,” she added. The head of government added that alcohol had been drunk at the party she attended – but denied having taken drugs or having witnessed the use of drugs by others.
Drug test would be “smart”
Center Party MP Mikko Karna, one of Marin’s coalition partners, tweeted on Thursday that it would be “wise” for Marin to voluntarily take a drug test.
Antti Lindtman, leader of Marin’s Social Democratic Party, told a party conference on Thursday that the prime minister had his group’s support. “I don’t see a big problem with her dancing at a private event with friends,” he said. As for a possible drug test, it’s up to Marin to “assess that,” Lindtman added.
Danced the night away as a contact person
Marin is the youngest prime minister in Finnish history. When she took office in 2019, she was the youngest head of government in the world at the age of 34. She had come under fire for parties held at her official residence before the video surfaced.
In December 2021 it became known that Marin had danced through the night even though she was in contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19. According to a poll commissioned by Finnish television channel MTV3 at the time, two-thirds of those polled believed that Marin’s partying outing was “a serious mistake”.
Source: Nachrichten
