Mariane Paviasen is a former helicopter mechanic in Narsaq, who is now running for the county council election for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA). IA is known for having a critical mindset towards mining in Greenland. Mariane Paviasen entered politics back in 2013 when Greenland abolished their previous zero tolerance for the extraction of radioactive substances such as uranium. From 2013 it was again possible to extract these minerals around all of Greenland. "I cried when I was told", Mariane Paviasen tells about the day the law was changed. Shortly after this happened, she met up with a couple of friends. Inspired by the slogan ‘Nuclear Power - no thanks’ movement, they founded the Urani Naamik (no to uranium) movement in Greenland.