The writer says Asean must do something drastic soon in its dealing with Myanmar or risk being dragged down. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - Patience has its limits, even for Asean, famous or notorious, some argue, for its tardiness in taking action.
No one ever doubted that the 5PC was a good document, a hard-won diplomacy by host President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The five points are an immediate end to violence, holding dialogue among all parties, the appointment of a special envoy, allowing humanitarian assistance by Asean and allowing an Asean special envoy visit Myanmar to meet with all parties.
Realistically, there is not much more that Asean can do with Myanmar, not only because it is being held back by the “non-interference” principle, but more because the military junta has refused intervention from anyone, even from its well-meaning neighbours in South-east Asia as it continues to kill and persecute its own people that oppose its rule.
We are now reaching the point where Myanmar’s membership has become a liability to Asean. The failure to pressure the junta to end its violence, through no fault of its own, is hurting the group’s overall credibility. Membership suspension would remove the Myanmar issue from the Asean agenda and allow the group to turn its time and energy on many other issues that are just as important but had not been given much attention while it focused on Myanmar for nearly two years.
And there is the planned accession of Timor Leste as Asean’s 11th member this year. About time too. Why should the young nation, which has consistently out-ranked other South-east Asian countries in world democracy indices, be kept waiting while a brutal regime is allowed to keep its membership.
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