22.11.2007 - Czech opposition asks DefMin to cancel APCs' purchase - press
Shadow defence minister Petr Hulinsky (CSSD) said the centre-right government had thereby circumvented the law on public orders, which was not only unethical and uneconomic, but also unlawful, Pravo says.
The media reported previously that Iveco would supply the light APCs worth 100 million crowns to the Czech military without a public tender.
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The Defence Ministry justified its decision to purchase the APCs directly from one supplier by being pressed for time since it urgently needs armoured vehicles for Czech soldiers operating in Afghanistan.
($1=18.074 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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