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Liberal democracy, a system based on election of representatives, is in crisis wherever it is implemented, in the South and in the North of the world.
The naming of Erywan as ASEAN’s special envoy to Myanmar is an overwhelming victory for the coup regime, the sultan of Brunei and other nondemocratic ASEAN member states.
The special envoy must race against time to squeeze out a tenable plan by September, under a precarious guarantee by the Myanmar military regime.
The appointment of ASEAN's special envoy has been a long time coming since the region's leaders met in an emergency meeting in Jakarta in April to discuss the situation in Myanmar following the military coup in February.
Brunei’s abstention from a recent United Nations General Assembly resolution that strongly condemned the military coup in Myanmar is a crystal-clear demonstration of the ASEAN rotating chair’s reluctance to implement the five-point consensus.
Indonesia's foreign minister has called once again on Brunei to move ahead with the highly anticipated appointment of an ASEAN special envoy to mediate the political and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.
The priority for resolving this diplomatic gaffe is for ASEAN to announce its special envoy to Myanmar as agreed upon by the block’s leaders and Gen. Hlaing.
A long-held moratorium on expanding ASEAN's external relations appears to be the only thing keeping the United Kingdom from deepening its relationship with the bloc following Brexit.
Nearly 740 people have been killed since Myanmar's military — known as the Tatmadaw — wrestled power from the civilian government on Feb. 1.
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has visited Brunei and Singapore to press for a special meeting of ASEAN to discuss the post-coup situation in Myanmar.