The affair made headlines and went around the world at the end of August, giving rise to apologies, criticism but also numerous expressions of support directed at the Finnish Prime Minister. For his part, the Chancellor of Justice ruled this Friday dismissing all the complaints that had been made to him after the leak on social networks of a video that showed the 36-year-old leader drinking and dancing with friends and local celebrities at a private party.
Tuomas Pöysti, the Chancellor of Justice – an official position in Finland responsible for examining the legality of the actions of members of the government – “does not see any reason to suspect that the Prime Minister has engaged in illegal conduct in the course of her activities or ‘careless their official duties. homework,’ he said in a statement.
Negative narcotics test
The petitions accused in particular Europe’s youngest head of government of being unable to work “because of alcohol consumption”, of having behaved inappropriately for a prime minister or of having damaged the “reputation and security” of Finland. But the Chancellor of Justice said that the complaints could not establish the violation of a “specific official function”.
Political accountability is also regularly assessed in democratic elections,” he said.
For complaints to be admissible to investigate a prime minister’s private life, they would have to have established “a relevant legal connection to the official action of a minister”, the official believes. As for the “moral and social aspects” of the private life of a member of the Government, it is “the responsibility of Parliament”, he stressed. “Political accountability is also regularly assessed in democratic elections,” he noted.
To clear herself of any suspicion after the video, the Social Democratic leader had taken a drug test -which was negative-. But the controversy was reinforced a few days later after the publication of a photo of two women lifting their tops during a party organized in July at the residence, forcing Sanna Marin to apologize.
The young leader had already been criticized for a nightclub outing in 2021 before we managed to inform her that she was in contact with Covid-19. In office since 2019, the prime minister must try to obtain a new mandate after the next legislative elections in April.
Source: BFM TV
