A Finns Party municipal councillor in North Ostrobothnia has received a warning from his party following social media comments that emerged a week ago.
Ilkka Repo received the reprimand from local party officials after he posted insulting comments about Minister for Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru (SDP) on Facebook in October last year.
The comments came to light when Lapland MP Mikko Kärnä (Cen.) highlighted them in a series of posts on Twitter (link in Finnish) earlier this month.
The Finns Party's North Ostrobothnia district association issued Repo with the warning on Sunday, accusing him of inappropriate behaviour and acts detrimental to the party.
He had previously apologised for the comments in an interview with the Oulu-based newspaper Kaleva (link in Finnish).
Repo had already resigned from his position as deputy vice-chair of the Finns Party's North Ostrobothnia district association after local party leaders from the Left Alliance, Christian Democrats, Centre, National Coalition, SDP, Green League and Blue Reform parties all signed a statement saying they were unwilling to work with him.
