Well. Obviously, there seems to be no limits.
Earlier this month, Minister Soini made an official visit to
Ottawa, Canada, to meet his colleagues Chrystia Freeland and Carolyn Bennett together
with other representatives of the administration. During the visit, Soini’s
State Secretary Samuli Virtanen tweeted a photo of himself together with Soini
taking part in a pro-life march on 10th May.
”Pro life also in
Ottawa. On National March for Life with Foreign Minister Timo Soini. This is
awesome!”, wrote State Secretary Virtanen in the tweet.
Well, there’s more.
Evening before, Soini took part in a pro-life vigil in
Ottawa. This information may be found on the official website of Soini, where Soini
afterwards on 12th May told to have attended the vigil.
There has been several critical voices of Finnish human
rights activists asking whether Minister Soini is freely allowed to proclaim his
personal narrow-minded religious values in connection with the official duties.
These questions have been directed to Prime Minister of
Finland Juha Sipilä and the Finnish government as a whole.
Today, Prime Minister Sipilä made a short and a bit mild statement on the scandal around Minister Soini.
In effect, Sipilä gave his blessing to Soini’s actions by lecturing on the rights of a politician in the free time even during
official duties. Though care should always be taken, according to Sipilä.
No big surprise there!
Prime Minister Sipilä has his own ties to the conservative Christianity.
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