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KMT TO PUT FORTH ITS VERSION OF ARMS PURCHASE BILL

ROC Central News Agency

2006-01-16 21:31:39

    Taipei, Jan. 16 (CNA) Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou told a group of foreign guests Monday that his party will put forward a "reasonable" military weapons purchase bill when the legislature reconvenes for a new session in February.

    Meeting with a group of Democratic Party visitors from the United States, Ma, who is also mayor of Taipei, said the KMT will soon publish a comprehensive defense policy proposal.

    The proposal, which he claimed will protect Taiwan with plans for an adequate defense capability for the country, will make "everybody rest at ease," he said.

    A government budget bill to acquire submarines, anti-submarine aircraft and anti-missile batteries has been blocked in the legislature by the KMT and its "pan-blue alliance" ally, the People First Party (PFP).

(By S.C. Chang)

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