Cape Town - African National Congress members of the standing committee on public accounts were reluctant yesterday to again reopen the question of alleged discrepancies between draft reports by Auditor-General Shauket Fakie on the arms deal, saying the question had been resolved during an earlier investigation.

Inkatha Freedom Party MP Gavin Woods said, however, that new discrepancies had been revealed. The ad hoc committee on the office of the auditor-general is considering what to do about recent disclosures that the draft reports were altered.

With acknowledgements to Linda Ensor and the Business Day.