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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Arms procurement saga leads nowhere

JAS-39 GripenThe arms procurement commission, appointed in 2011 by President Jacob Zuma to examine allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity in the 1999 strategic defence procurement packages, has so far failed to deliver the fireworks that the controversy around the infamous arms deal suggested it would.

In fact, it has been a decidedly dull affair with the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), as expected, trying to provide a constitutional justification for the procurement of military materiel when there are so many competing social needs.

The only blip of excitement came from veteran anti-arms campaigner Terry Crawford-Browne's surprise , urgent and, ultimately, unsuccessful application aimed at shutting down the process before it even started. Crawford-Browne briefly managed to delay the hearing by applying for the commission to summarily "declare the arms deal acquisitions unconstitutional, illegal and also fraudulent".

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