The interactions of the leaked video of the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, dancing and having fun with her friends, is still causing widespread controversy on social media platforms in Finland and around the world.
Marine, 36, spoke after a two-minute video clip of her singing and dancing with well-known local leaders and artists spread on social media and local media.
The clips were originally posted to a private Instagram account.
Marin - who became the youngest person in the world in office in December - said she knew there was a filming of her, but it never crossed her mind that the videos would be available to the public.
And it seems that one of the reasons that made the matter cause controversy - as the newspaper "Helsinki Times of Finland" said - is the use of Marin, a local term referring to "cocaine".
Finland's Prime Minister @MarinSanna is in the headlines after a video of her partying was leaked today.
She has previously been criticized for attending too many music festivals & spending too much on partying instead of ruling.
The critics say it's not fitting for a PM.
pic.twitter.com/FbOhdTeEGw
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 17, 2022
To comment, Marine said in a press conference yesterday that she refuses to object to this video because it happened in her "personal life" and confirmed that immediately after the video was leaked, she undertook a blood test to refute the allegations of taking it and submitted the negative result to the government.
Demands for Marin to undergo drug testing have been raised by the opposition, and parliamentarian Miko Karna tweeted yesterday, "It would be wise for the Prime Minister to voluntarily submit to a drug test, and its results publicly announced by an independent body, and this is what people should expect from their Prime Minister." .
Aivan jo pelkästään julkisuudessa käytävän keskustelun takia olisi viisautta, mikäli pääministeri @MarinSanna kävisi omaehtoisesti huumeseulassa, jonka tulpuokset julkistettaisimatiin toime ri.
Kansalla on myös lupa odottaa tällaista pääministeriltään.
#jauhojengi
— Mikko Kärnä 🇫🇮🇺🇦 (@KarnaMikko) August 18, 2022
On the other hand, a number of Finnish activists expressed their support for the prime minister, and Henle Vistula said, "Marin was able to confront these disturbing questions in a wonderfully realistic and calm way. She is a cold-tempered woman, who can resist pressure, and every time she is tested, she proves that she is like iron."
Swedish thinker Anders Aslund also pointed the finger at leaking the video to Moscow, saying, "How can this be a problem? Politicians have a private life, this looks like a special Russian operation and should be treated as such, because it stood in the face of Putin."