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View all search resultsIndirect regional elections will disproportionately expand the legislature's power while drastically reducing public participation, effectively shifting the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty.
In many developing countries, where poverty is widespread and education is limited, people often lack the critical thinking skills and resources necessary for meaningful participation, leaving citizens vulnerable to manipulation by elites who leverage power and wealth to maintain control.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the exclusion of Myanmar’s coup maker Min Aung Hlaing was a difficult but necessary decision given the military regime’s reluctance to accept ASEAN’s “helping hand” in resolving its protracted political crisis.
Southeast Asian leaders said they would give Myanmar both time and "political space" to deal with its coup crisis, following the refusal of the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to send a non-political representative to the summit this week and after ASEAN foreign ministers collectively decided to bar him from participating.
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