Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test in the wake of video footage published earlier this week that showed her partying with friends, and vowed she had never used illegal drugs.
“I have today taken a drug test and the results will come within a week,” she told a news conference. “Never in my life have I used drugs.”
“I consider these accusations to be very serious and, though I consider the demand for a drug test unjust, for my own legal protection and to clear up any doubts, I have taken a drug test today, the results of which will come in about a week,” Marin said.
The Finnish PM was hit with another scandal in which she was seen dancing intimately with a man who is not her husband. The mystery man in question is Finnish pop star Olavi Uusivirta.
“A new video has emerged of Prime Minister Sanna Marin dancing closely with a man who isn’t her husband, a day after leaked images showed her partying with friends. While Marin has faced backlash, the response to the videos at home and abroad has been broadly positive,” tweeted Euronews.
Ms. Marin added that her ability to perform her duties was remained unimpaired during the night in question and that she would have left the party had she been required to work.
Video clips of Ms. Marin partying with well-known Finnish influencers and artists began circulating in social media this week and they were soon published by several media outlets in Finland and abroad.
Ms. Marin had faced calls to do a drug test from politicians in her government coalition as well as from the opposition after the videos emerged.
