Petteri Orpo heard about Timo Vornanen’s criminal suspicion in the morning – Didn’t keep a firearm in parliament – 2024-04-28 02:20:52

Timo Vorna, member of parliament of the Basic Finns, is suspected of aggravated assault and a firearms offence.

According to information from Iltalehti, the prime minister Petteri Orpon the cabinet was informed by the PS police MP Timo Vornasen for involvement in the night incident on Friday morning.

At that point, the information was that Vornanen had been involved in an incident in the center of Helsinki and the police were investigating the matter.

According to Seiska, Vorna, who is sitting in parliament for the first time, is suspected of aggravated assault and a firearms offence.

MPs have the opportunity to keep weapons in the parliament, for example because of their shooting or hunting hobbies. According to IL’s information, Vornanen has not kept a firearm in the premises intended for it in the parliament.

According to IL’s information, Vornanen spent Thursday evening at Bar Ihku, located near the parliament building. Other representatives were also present.

Vornanen was absent on Friday

A short plenary session was held in the Parliament on Friday, which started at 1 pm and ended at 1:28 pm.

According to the roll call report, Vornanen was absent without an acceptable reason. Such reasons include a task related to parliamentary work, illness or family leave.

A gross criminal suspicion against a sitting member of parliament can lead to the representative’s dismissal from parliament if he or she is convicted of a crime.

In this case, the parliament would vote on dismissal and 2/3 of the votes would be required.