Riikka Purra, Jani Mäkelä and Harri Vuorenpää of the Finns Party announced Timo Vornanen’s expulsion from the Finns Party Parliamentary Group in the Parliament House in Helsinki on Thursday, 2 May 2024. (Heikki Saukkomaa – Lehtikuva)
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TIMO VORNANEN, a first-term Member of Parliament from Joensuu, has announced his intention to set up his own parliamentary group following his expulsion from the Finns Party Parliamentary Group on Thursday, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
Leaders of the Finns Party said the 54-year-old lawmaker had lost the confidence of the group over his suspected involvement in a shooting outside a nightclub in Helsinki on 26 April.
Vornanen is believed to have fired a small-calibre handgun at the ground after brandishing and pointing it at two people outside Bar Ihku.
“If a Finns Party representative is carrying a firearm while intoxicated in a nightclub in Helsinki, there’s plenty to there to damage confidence,” commented Riikka Purra, the chairperson of the Finns Party.
Veli-Pekka Viljanen, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Turku, stated to STT last week that the expulsion will severely limit the possibilities of Vornanen to serve as a Member of Parliament. The re
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