One resulting scandal, involving agents in a Bofors howitzer gun contract, dragged on for almost the duration of the ban; it was ended earlier this year.
结果一场涉及博福斯(Bofors)榴弹炮合同的丑闻拖延了几乎整个禁令有效期限,直到今年初才结束。
The opposition may be keeping in mind an earlier defeat for Congress, in 1989, when voters punished the party over huge kickbacks that flowed from an arms deal with Bofors, a Swedish company.