10/29/2021

ASEAN's Credibility At Stake?



The slow progress in resolving the political crisis in Myanmar would have real consequences on its people, as well as the credibility of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a Rules-Based Organisation, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Oct 26, 2021.

Mr Lee urged the military authorities in Myanmar to cooperate with the ASEAN-appointed Special Envoy, Brunei's Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof, who has not been able to enter the country since his appointment in August.

Speaking at the 38th and 39th (?) ASEAN Summit, which takes place virtually for three days starting from Tuesday, Mr Lee said that ASEAN leaders remain concerned about the situation in Myanmar.

On Feb 1 this year, Myanmar's military staged a coup, deposed elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and arrested several of her party's political leaders.

Contrary to its long Standing Principle and Practice of Non-interference, ASEAN leaders have been criticising Myanmar's military Junta’s actions this time round.

Last week, four Asean leaders had pushed to exclude the Myanmar Junta Leader Min Aung Hlaing from attending the ASEAN summit.

It was then decided that a non-political representative from Myanmar be invited instead. However, Myanmar did not send anyone to the submit.

Mr Lee said that Singapore strongly supports ASEAN’s efforts to assist Myanmar in a positive, peaceful and constructive manner and is committed to implementing a five-point consensus, a plan ASEAN had put forward to the Myanmar Junta in April to halt the ongoing violence, send humanitarian aid and facilitate dialogue among all parties involved.


Comments:

Myanmar's Military Junta has rejected the proposal and refused to allow any representative of ASEAN to enter Myanmar.

As such, there is an impasse. No progress has been made.

Unless ASEAN sends a combined military force, with the help of the USA, to invade Myanmar, any talk about progress in taming the Myanmar coup leaders through political rhetoric is frivolous.

By not living up to ASEAN's openly declared Principle of Non-interference in the internal affairs of member states, ASEAN has already lost its credibility and sincerity, and destroyed its one and only fundamental Principle - the Principle of Non-Interference.  

LIPS

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

The USA is playing the 'borrow sword to kill', using ASEAN to confront Myanmar's military rulers. That will eventually destroy ASEAN, which fits into the USA' agenda of divide and rule.

The are myriads of reasons why the USA is interested in Myanmar, most important of which is using Myanmar's wide open border with China to carry out their confrontation against China by opening another front, which at present is an important buffer zone against China's enemies. The CIA had been working around this region for decades and knows the importance, not just the drug trade, but a important staging point for any conflict arising between China and the USA.

southernglory1 said...


How Myannmar solve it problems is its internal affairs. No outsiders are allowed to interfere. Just like a big family feud recently happened in Singapore. Though the people feel one of the older sibling is outrageously unfair yet nobody cares about the ugly family feud and yet it is correct not to interfere because it is the internal affair of the family. Similarly the political struggle in Myannmar is its internal family affair and so no ASEAN member is allowed to poke its nose in Myannmar's internal affairs.

Of course the Evil Empire is looking for ways and means to break up ASEAN. It is well known Myannmar has always been ruled by its military government since the end of the Second World War. The Myannmar people know that the United States is evil for since the end of the Second World War in 1945, CIA had been organising and supporting local rebellions against the Myannmar government. The United States want to divide Myannmar into three or four separate states in which it will have prime control over all of them.Also the evil empire thinks if it can control Myannmar it will give the evil empire a base to sabotage China with clandestine activities to destabilise and destroy China.

Now the evil empire has orgnized both the QUAD and the AUKUS to supplant ASEAN and to take charge of events in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The United States overall evil objective is to disrupt the peace and stability in the region and thus
to provide it a basis for containing China.

Southernglory1

Anonymous said...

ASS-EAN (Association of Stupid South East Asia Nations) should form a coalition of armed forces, spearheaded by the SAF, led by Brilliant Brigadier General Lee and supported by the U-Ass-A, to invade Myanmar and topple the Military Junta, and put Aung San Suu Kyi back as puppet President of Myanmar. Then flush out the Myanmar Military of all anti-U-Ass-A elements, like what they did in Iraq to Saddam Hussein's military forces, and the same in Afghanistan. The signature trade mark of the U-Ass-A.

Anonymous said...

Singapore is too deep in this shit, that's why somebolee is so worried of ASEAN losing credibility. If it does lose credibility, which already has, then that somebolee also lose credibility.

He is the ghost empowered by the Devil to cause a breakup of ASEAN.

Anonymous said...

No More Chinese Ambassador to Australia

Cheng Jingye, the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, said in a farewell address as he was leaving the position of the Chinese envoy to the country amid shit China-Australia relations.

"The current difficult situation facing China-Australia relations is saddening," Cheng, 62, said as he bid farewell to people from all walks of life in Australia, according to a statement on the website of the Chinese Embassy.

Anonymous said...

China is being target as US enemy number one.

Singapore leaders are actively involved in helping the US to sabotage China in any way possible.

Yet Singapore leaders tried to 'play golf' wuth China, thinking the that China's leaders are stupid, can't see what the Singapore crooks are doing. Actions speak louder than words.

The destruction of ASEAN is to cause split it RCEP, which is led by China. The US and India are all out to sabotage RCEP.

LHL in the ASEAN Submit, encouraging ASEAN members to turn to India, is actually trying to show China his Middle Finger.

China should take note.

SSO said...

China will not take it lightly. From now on, the Chinese leaders will be very weary of Singapore's double-headed poisonous snakes.

Anonymous said...

It is not that China did not know this double headed snake. It is not time yet to deal with the snake.

Anonymous said...

Not ASEAN credibility is at stake but Singapore's PAP leaders' credibility is getting a thrashing not just on the ASEAN issues but especially on the management of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Endemic or Stupidemic.

Daily infections increased from below 100 a day before "Dying With COVID-19 Endemic" was initiated by the three Witches Of Bad Omens. After their idiotic adoption of "Dying With COVID-19 END-The-Meek", infections shot up to 5,324 a day and deaths from 1 in a fortnight shot up to 18 a day. These happened despite Vaccination at 85% of whole population.

This clearly indicates that the Vaccination Regime is not working. The pseudo vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna are not as effective as claimed and shamelessly announced throughout the whole world.

PAP leeders now very embarrassed. Also cannot pull out of the predicament and make a U-turn. Credibility highly at stake. No place to hide face.

Anonymous said...

"The risks of people becoming seriously ill or dying from Covid-19 is at least eight times higher for non-fully vaccinated people than fully vaccinated people."

The above statement is not entirely correct. It is misleading also.

In reality the Vaccinated are 8 times more likely to be re-infected than the unvaccinated.

The re-infected vaccinated are 4 times more likely to suffer serious effects and long-term effects than the unvaccinated because the unvaccinated if recovered will have natural immunity, whereas those vaccinated with mRNA pseudo vaccines will not be able to.

The vaccinated, according to a UK latest study, are two to three times more likely to succumb to the re-infections than the unvaccinated.

Anonymous said...

The way the 4G minotaurs are managing the Covid is atrociously and ruthlessly risking the lives of old folks who have existing medical problems. Instead of protecting lives, they have chosen to sacrifice lives of old and weak people. These type of leaders are not leaders but butchers.