Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has taken a drug test after a controversial video surfaced last week, the Finnish government says. via a declaration.
“Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s drug test dated August 19, 2022 did not reveal the presence of drugs,” her office said, adding that the results had been approved by a doctor.
“The test was a complete test. We did not choose how the test was carried out,” said Iida Vallin.
Sanna Marin reaffirmed on Friday that she had never used drugs after a video of the young woman partying with friends sparked criticism. Widely shared on social media and published by various outlets, the video shows the prime minister, 36, dancing without restraint with a group of people.
Some had interpreted the comments heard on the video as a reference to narcotics, which had been the subject of heated debate on social media and strongly opposed by the Prime Minister.
“To allay any suspicion, I took a drug test today,” Sanna Marin told reporters on Friday.
The prime minister had previously said that she had “spent an evening with friends” and that the videos “had been shot in private locations”.
“Never in my life, and not even in my youth, did I take drugs”
She had admitted to drinking alcohol. In addition to having denied having used drugs, she added that she had not witnessed any drug use by those present.
“Never in my life, and not even in my youth, did I take drugs,” he said.
Sanna Marin, appointed prime minister in 2019, had previously come under fire after parties at her official residence.
In December 2021, she came under heavy criticism when it was revealed that she had danced the night away while exposed to covid-19.
A survey commissioned by the Finnish television channel MTV3 at the time showed that two-thirds of those questioned considered their evening a “serious mistake”.
Source: BFM TV
