THE FINNISH prime minister has revealed the outcomes of her medication take a look at after movies of her twerking and grinding on an evening out went viral.
Sanna Marin, 36, was compelled to disclaim she had taken medication after the leaked movies led to calls from fellow Finnish MPs for her to be examined.
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Marin, referred to as the “get together” PM for her extra relaxed method to authorities, took the take a look at on Friday, paying for it herself, in keeping with a authorities press launch.
In a press convention final week, Marin stated she had been ingesting calmly on the night time in query however had not taken medication and was all the time in an acceptable situation to “lead the nation”.
On Monday, Marin’s workplace introduced that the PM had examined detrimental for medication.
The drug take a look at assertion was signed by an occupational well being physician Paavo Halonen from Terveystalo, a personal well being firm in Finland, the workplace stated.
It follows a huffy response from her critics after Marin was filmed twerking at a wild get together with a gaggle of buddies.
The video posted on social media exhibits Marin with Finnish singer Alma, rapper Petri Nygard in addition to TV host Tinni Wikstrom, influencers and members of her personal Social Democratic get together.
The clip was then printed on-line by the Finnish tabloid newspaper, Iltalehti, and exhibits Marin dancing, singing and ingesting with buddies in what seems to be an condo.
At one stage somebody off-camera refers to “powder gang”, seen as alluding to cocaine, though Marin strenuously denied seeing any medication on the bash.
Different social media customers have stated the party-goer was extra doubtless referring to a preferred Finnish alcoholic drink which sounds related in Finnish to “powder gang”.
Chatting with reporters final week, Marin denied utilizing medication on the bash and stated she had “nothing to hide or disguise”.
She introduced she had taken a drug take a look at after clips emerged of her dancing “intimately” with a male good friend at a membership.
The pal, in style Finnish pop star Olavi Uusivirta, insisted nothing had occurred between himself and the married PM.
Marin additionally denied the claims of 1 reporter that the pop star had kissed her on the neck.
She stated as an alternative that the pal was speaking to her and should have simply kissed her on the cheek.
“I did nothing unlawful,” Marin instructed reporters within the Finnish capital Helsinki, the scene of the wild night time out on August 6.
“Even in my teenage years, I’ve not used any type of medication.”
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Marin’s supporters have come out to defend the politician, dubbed the “coolest prime minister on this planet” final week by German information website Bild.
One of many world’s youngest leaders, Marin has made no secret of her love of going out with pals and has typically been pictured at music festivals.
“I do not keep in mind a single time that there was a sudden state of affairs in the course of the night time to go to the State Council Palace,” she stated. “I believe my capability to perform was actually good.
“There have been no recognized conferences on the times I used to be partying.”
And he or she additionally expressed her disappointment on the sharing of personal movies on-line.
“I belief that individuals perceive that leisure time and work time will be separated.”
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The politician, who was voted in as prime minister in 2019 on the age of 34, added: “I hope that within the 12 months 2022 it is accepted that even decision-makers dance, sing and go to events.”
Some have even claimed that the leaking of the movies was a part of a mission by Russia to discredit the PM, who has tried to get her nation – which shares a land border with Russia – into NATO, to the fury of Vladimir Putin.
Finnish cybersecurity professional Petteri Jarvinen, quoted within the newspaper Iltalehti on the weekend, warned that Russia could have hacked the cellphone or social media accounts of somebody near the prime minister.
Girls in Finland have additionally referred to as out the supposed double requirements confronted by Marin as a younger lady and mom in politics.
Tons of have posted clips on-line of themselves dancing and partying in help of the PM with the hashtag “Solidarity with Sanna”.
However gender research professor Anu Koivunen on the College of Turku in Finland stated she did not imagine gender was the foremost concern with the leaked video.
As a substitute, she stated, the very fact the video was leaked could possibly be seen as a judgement lapse by the prime minister.
“That she did not restrain herself in firm the place she can not belief everybody within the room,” she stated. “I believe that is the primary concern in the meanwhile.”
