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Swedish Saab shifting gradually towards selling the jet fighter Gripen to Switzerland

Tuesday, 05 March 2013
In the first parliamentary votes in the Swiss parliament today, there was some amount of support given by the laws makers to the Swiss government's plan to buy 22 Swedish jet fighters, Jas Gripen. But the deal also fell in tight ropes when the question of funding was brought in.

The actual idea for the purchase of the JAS 22 Gripen fighter jets went through by 22 votes against 20, but the vote on how the plan will be financed did not reach a majority. 24 was expected out of 46, but only 23 votes went through.

The program has been running well but when it came up to the National Plenary in June, uncertainty about the whole project started emerging.
Even the Swedish government's planned financial plan embedded in the purchase was not sufficient to create a majority among the law makers to cause an approval, which some Swedish analysts feel that it was a surprise.

Even the Swiss Parliament's spokesperson, Mark Zucki said he had expected it to go through and was surprise at the result.

Swiss politician have been dragging their feet on this deal after it was overwhelmingly supported initially by the government. According to Swedish television report, the deal is important for Saab and the Swedish government. But in Switzerland, the purchase has been questioned.

If it goes through, Switzerland will pay almost Skr21 billion for the new Gripen aircraft, known as "Super-Jas." But among both the Swedish MPs and the public, doubts had emerged after the program became very public and much debated upon.
By Scancomark.com Team

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