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In 2019, when Social Democrat

Sanna Marin

became Prime Minister, she made headlines for taking office at just 34 years old.

She was the youngest in the country, and the third in the world, to do so.

However, now, Ella Marin returns to the fore on account of the

video in which she goes out dancing with friends

and which has been leaked by the sensationalist tabloid 'Iltalehti'.

The controversy was served, as one of the main opposition parties, the national populist Party of the Finns, has demanded that Marin undergo a

voluntary drug detection test

.

A claim shared by the Center Party, a coalition partner of the Executive led by the Social Democrat.

She says that she only drank alcohol and that she "has nothing to hide."

Thus, she has confirmed this Friday that she has already taken the test and has regretted the intense control over her private life.

"I have never done anything illegal

," she added.

The results will be known next week.

The scandal has been such that it has overshadowed the summer congress of the Social Democratic Party that is being held these days and where Marin spoke on Wednesday.

After learning of the existence of the video, the networks were soon filled with comments from

outraged people who called her "irresponsible"

and "not qualified" for the position, but also from many users who did not understand the commotion and who were delighted for politicians to enjoy their private life during their holidays.

There is the problem.

Sanna Marin was not on vacation

.

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Sanna Marin, the youngest prime minister of her country

According to the 'MTV Uutiset' chain, the video was recorded on Saturday, August 6.

In addition, Marin was seen at the Teatteri restaurant nightclub at dawn on Sunday.

According to the Government's own website, the prime minister had just returned from a few days off on Thursday, and, initially, it was planned that she would not work from Friday to Sunday either.

However, this release had been cancelled.

This means that while Marin was partying, no one had been designated to

replace her in an emergency

.

The head of government security, Ahti Kurvinen, has assured, in any case, that Marin has been protected at all times, whether during the exercise of her position or at parties with friends.

"The prime minister is the prime minister every day. At all hours. That means that the security measures are also in force during her vacations and during her free time, although, perhaps, not so obviously," she explained. the.

Despite this, the information technology expert, Petteri Järvinen, explained that not everything is so simple, since it is possible that the social network account or

the mobile phone where the video was hosted "has been hacked by the Russians"

as retaliation for

Finland's application for NATO membership

.

The daily 'Kansan Uutiset', linked to the Left Alliance party and a member of the governing coalition, has written in its editorial that "a person in his position should choose his friends carefully".

But, at the same time, it has censored the fact that some media have affirmed that the expression

"jauhojengi"

("flour gang", referring to

cocaine

) appears in the video.

However, 'MTV Uutiset' has cleaned up the audio of the video and maintains that, due to how the vowels are articulated in Finnish,

the word "jauhojengi" is pronounced and not "jallu"

(a type of high-proof liquor), as has been adduced.

Since becoming Prime Minister, Sanna Marin has faced scrutiny unprecedented in Finnish history.

In December 2021, her face made the front pages of the tabloids for partying at a nightclub with some friends until four in the morning and leaving her official mobile phone at home.

She was forced to apologize, but remembered that she had her private phone with her and that, if an emergency had arisen, she would have been easily reached.

"I don't remember a single time in which an emergency in the middle of the night forced me to go to the Government Palace," said Marin about the current controversy and that, also, seems to apply to that of then.

Guests at the party on August 6 have been persecuted by the media to get statements.

Most have refused to do so.

On the other hand, Karoliina Tuominen, one of those present, has done so.

"Nothing illegal has been done, we were just people having a good time

," she recalled.

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