On 2 October, FAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official social media channel) attributed to Reconstruction and Development Bloc deputy head Mansour al-Baiji a call for the government to strengthen security forces’ military arsenal. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) had carried his fuller proposal the previous evening: strengthen weapons to secure the borders and allocate about 70 percent of the budget to armament.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media01 Oct, 22:53
“The government must strengthen the security forces’ weapons to secure the borders. About 70 percent of the budget must be allocated to armament.”
على الحكومة تعزيز سلاح القوات الامنية لتأمين الحدود يجب تخصيص نحو 70 بالمئة من الموازنة الى التسليح
- FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official social media channel02 Oct, 11:14
“MP Mansour al-Baiji: The government must strengthen the military arsenal of the security forces.”
النائب منصور البعيجي: على الحكومة تعزيز الترسانة العسكرية للقوات الأمنية
The shorter republication circulates the armament demand without the fiscal commitment stated in Al-Ahad TV’s summary; that is a difference between captions, not evidence that al-Baiji withdrew the budget proposal.