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East Timor MPs Remind Government of Pledge Not to Buy Guns, Ammo
23 November 2006
UNMIT Daily Media Review / SDT
MPs question the pledge of Prime Minister Ramos-Horta to purchase ammunition for F-FDTL.
According to MP Leandro Isac, Ramos-Horta had stated in the National Parliament that the government under his leadership would not buy more guns and ammunition for Timor-Leste Defence Forces.
Contrary to a document the Parliament received, the government had ordered 15 tonnes or two containers of ammunition for F-FDTL.
Isac said the current priority is to resolve the internal... (GunPolicy.org)