PAC MP, Patricia De Lille, has accused President Thabo Mbeki's office of inefficiency and lies. Speaking at the Johannesburg Press Club last night, De Lille said 55 pages of information about the R43 billion arms deal were promised to her, but she has received only 35. 

Due to the lack of information, De Lille is unable to proceed with a judicial review of Mbeki's decision not to include the Heath Unit in the arms deal probe. 

De Lille had given the President until last Friday to provide her with all the information required . 

Her legal team announced that if Mbeki failed to do so they would consider using coercive measures that will compel him to hand over the information in court. 

De Lille's legal team wants this information to assess whether Mbeki applied his mind to the decision to exclude Heath from the investigation. 

Meanwhile Alec Erwin, trade and industry minister, has rejected criticism brought on the counter trade agreements linked to the arms deal. 

Addressing Parliament's trade and industry portfolio committee, Erwin described the job creation forecasts associated with the deal as "fairly realistic" and dismissed suggestions that the contracts will not be met. 

He added that the government had undertaken exhaustive studies of the likely impact of the deal and examined similar undertakings in other countries. 

With acknowledgement to SABC News.