The controversy has led a few critics to question whether the exuberant display was behavior befitting a head of government. But most of the criticism has been of the “who’s minding the store?” variety. Finns have been debating what might have happened had there been a national emergency while their prime minister was off who-knows-where.
Marin addressed the issue in her remarks to the press last week, saying that she had always been at “full work capacity” even while she was partying. “I spent a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced and sang,” she said.
After political opponents suggested that illegal drugs might have been used at the dance party, she submitted to a drug test, the results of which were released Monday and found to be negative.
And as with the controversy a couple of years back over her risqué photo spread, women have rushed to show Marin their support online, posting videos of themselves dancing, some with the hashtag #solidaritywithsanna and #istandwithsanna.
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