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Observers criticize sluggish progress of ASEAN peace plan for Myanmar
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All hail the fallen: A protester makes the three-finger salute during a vigil on March 31, 2021, to honor those who were killed during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. (AFP/Stringer)
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bservers have criticized a stalemate in the implementation of an ASEAN peace plan for Myanmar, which was agreed upon more than a year ago in response to the military coup in the Southeast Asia country.
The Myanmar military took over the country in a coup in February last year, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and putting her on house arrest for at least 20 criminal offenses, including corruption — all of which the former leader denied.
On Wednesday, Suu Kyi was transferred from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in Naypyidaw, AFP reported.
ASEAN, under the rotating chair of Cambodia this year, has refrained from making any comments regarding Suu Kyi.
Meanwhile, the regional bloc's Defense Ministers Meeting on Wednesday was attended by Myanmar’s military-appointed defense minister Mya Tun Oo despite previous, pressure from some ASEAN countries to exclude the junta from such meetings until progress is made toward ending hostilities, Reuters reported. It was the first time a senior official of the military regime attended a ministerial meeting of the bloc since the junta was sidelined late last year for ignoring the so-called ASEAN five-point consensus.
But Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh said on Wednesday that the Myanmar general’s presence indicated a unified bloc, saying it was "participation to find solutions", Reuters reported.
Cambodia has taken a different approach from Brunei, which, during its chairmanship last year, excluded Myanmar from the ASEAN summit.
