2011 Parliamentary Election Controversy
In March 2011, Jarmo Juntunen, a candidate in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, from the True Finns party, started using a photograph taken of him and Mr. Lordi together as his official campaign poster image. Juntunen says Mr. Lordi gave permission to this, which Mr. Lordi admits, but says this was because he had no idea it would cause such a huge impact. Mr. Lordi gave a public statement that despite what the campaign poster might suggest, Lordi has no allegiance with the True Finns or any other political party.
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