The Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, announced on Wednesday her resignation as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), after not having been able to revalidate the victory in the parliamentary elections held last Sunday.
Marin will continue in office until the SDPwhich fell from first to third position in those elections, behind the conservatives and the extreme right, elect his successor next September.
The Social Democratic leader told the Finnish media that, despite the defeat, she is satisfied with the result achieved by the SDP in these elections, since it managed to increase its number of seats.
slightly excited, stated that these three long years at the head of the Government have been hard for her and have tested her own capacity for resistance.
”These have been exceptionally difficult years and hard times. With this electoral result, I feel that I have the opportunity to turn the page in my own life, ”he told the press.
Marin, who aspired to be re-elected as prime minister, will continue her political career as a deputy, although before that she will lead her party during negotiations with the conservatives for the formation of the next coalition executive.
”The SDP is prepared to rule. We are tough negotiators, but also a cooperative party that has been in government many times in Finnish history,” he stated.
He also made it clear that Sanna Marin accepted defeat in Finland: the conservatives access the government and the extreme right grows.
Asked what she believes her legacy is, Marin said the SDP “is more united than ever” and she is confident that it will continue to be so after her resignation.
The Social Democratic Party obtained 19.9% of the votes in the elections last Sunday, 2.2 points more than in the previous elections, and managed to increase its number of deputies in the Eduskunta (Parliament) from 40 to 43.
Although this result relegates the SDP to third place, behind the conservative Kokoomus party and the far-right True Finns party, it is the first time in two decades that the prime minister’s party has gained support after the end of his term.
The conservative leader, Petteri Orpo, plans to start negotiations next week to form a government with all the parties with parliamentary representation, to try to achieve a coalition with a large majority in the Eduskunta.
“It’s a great victory,” he celebrated Petteri Orpoa 53-year-old former minister and leader of the National Coalition, winner of the elections, to the cheers of his supporters.
“We are going to start negotiations for a government in Finlandadded Orpo, who has the option of forming a left-wing alliance with Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) or Riikka Purra’s anti-immigration, eurosceptic Finns Party.
(with information from EFE and AFP)
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