Minister of Social Affairs and Health Kaisa Juuso on Thursday suddenly announced that she has resigned.
Juuso, a lawmaker of Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party), the second largest component of the four-party alliance government made the announcement in a post on her social media platform Facebook.
"I have submitted my resignation as minister," Juuso wrote in the post, adding that the work has been really hard and it was very tough to make difficult decisions to secure services that are important to Finns.
“I think I've done my best, but now it's time for someone else to continue. I wish a lot of strength to my successor, whom I will help as best I can," she said.
Juuso also said that she would be on sick leave for the time being and would not make further comment in this regard.
Meanwhile, Perussuomalaiset Chair and Finance Minister Riikka Purra at a hurriedly arranged press conference in the afternoon announced that Kaisa Juuso has resigned from the position of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health.
Purra said that her party would choose a replacement next week.
Earlier on the previous day, the Health Minister published a major report on reining in social welfare services costs.
She has been leading a working group on finding ways of cutting social services costs by 100 million euros since last summer. The group proposed cuts of only about 50 million euros.
Last autumn, she faced controversy over the future of a hospital in Kemi, and appointing her 25-year-old son to replace her previous assistant, who left the job after terming social welfare recipients as "losers" in a post on social media.
- Health Minister
- Juuso
- Resigns
Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
