Controversies
In May 2011, Halla-aho announced that he will not be available for interviews or comments to the Finnish newspaper Aamulehti because of a photograph of Halla-aho the newspaper had published. Further, Halla-aho claimed that the newspaper was intentionally using unflattering photographs of him.
In September 2011 Halla-aho wrote in Facebook that Greece's debt problems cannot be resolved without a military junta. He soon retracted the comment, clarifying that his intention was merely to point out that making necessary but unpopular decisions is not easy in a democracy. Timo Soini, the leader of the True Finns party, demanded a temporary suspension of Halla-aho from the parliamentary group. In the end the parliamentary group unanimously (Halla-aho himself included) suspended Halla-aho for two weeks, although Soini had initially called for a month-long suspension.
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