ASEAN Wrong Stance

By U AC

 

TO regurgitate the events of the recent past, at first, ASEAN refused even to acknowledge the possibility of widespread voter fraud. Second, most of the US puppet states of ASEAN blindly endorsed crooked criminal Suu Kyi, just because she talked smoothly and looked good on TV (reminds me of Mi­chael Jackson’s famous song). Third, they came up with the 5-point consensus that every intellectual Myanmar person knew was mission impossible. At least now ASEAN is beginning to soften its stance after digging deep into the reality of what had happened, appreciating the good works of NNCP terrorists, and really putting in some elbow grease to understand Myanmar.

 

The 5 points consensus

 

(i) The gist of the five-point con­sensus consists of immediate cessation of vio­lence,

(ii) constructive dialogue to seek a peaceful solution,

(iii) a Special Envoy of ASEAN will facilitate mediation of the dialogue process,

(iv) ASEAN shall provide hu­manitarian assistance, and

(v) The Special Envoy shall visit Myanmar to meet with all parties concerned.

 

Unworkable consensus

 

We always wonder why the ASEAN Secretariat is so dim­witted to even think that the vi­olence that has been going on and spreading along every land border with neighbouring coun­tries could be stopped with the issuance of the first point. They knew jolly well that EAOs would do anything to line the pockets of their top brass. Case in point - why would scam centres exist in the first place in KNU, DKBA, KNLA, and KNDO-controlled ar­eas! When NNCP (NUG, NLD, CRPH, PDF) terrorist groups got their donations from the My­anmar diaspora and some local businesses, and paid money to the EAOs to arm the misguided youth, it was just another oppor­tunity for the EAOs to earn extra income through huge markups. Just for a fun fact, the violence in Myanmar would end only after EAOs lay down their arms. If the Myanmar military lays down its arms, there will be no Myanmar anymore.

 

Second point - dialogue with NNCP or EAOs - just think about the peace forum that the govern­ment held last month in Nay Pyi Taw. None of the armed groups currently fighting with the Myan­mar military attended. So far, so good for the dialogue. Hey, how about the dialogue with NNCP? Just to clarify, these guys want to bring Myanmar backwards a couple of decades, trying to come up with a new constitution that does not include the mili­tary. If they genuinely wanted a dialogue, why could they not negotiate based on the existing constitution? When the baselines are different, negotiations can­not even start. Besides, NNCP terrorists keep on assassinating innocent and unarmed civil serv­ants and destroying businesses that refuse to bend to their cause.

 

Point (iii) has been so suc­cessful that ASEAN wasted four years of funding and resources on a failed facilitation and me­diation.

 

Point (iv) and (v) is a no-brainer, where any Tom, Dick and Harry can do. We do not need an ASEAN title to do that.

 

Powerhouses in support of the elections

 

India and China threw their full weight behind in full support for the upcoming elections when ASEAN was debating the syntax of why the election can be called ‘General Elections’ when almost the entire general public is not involved. A few of ASEAN dead­woods are still reminiscing about why the dishonourable NLD par­ty would not be allowed to join the upcoming elections, while conveniently forgetting the obvi­ous fact that they did not register to participate.

 

China and India shrewdly re­alized that elections are the only way out for Myanmar, a concept ASEAN still cannot grasp. With visible pre-election activities such as UEC - Media Council meetings, launch of Electronic Voting Machines, etc., the talk of yesteryear by some within ASE­AN on the minute possibility of actually having an election is now defunct.

 

US cut impacts

 

The US decision to cut off USAID funding and some under the Burma Act via policy rea­lignments has grounded many of the NNCP terror activities and halted the exile fake news me­dia. This indirectly bolstered the chances of holding a successful upcoming election.

 

In fact, stars are now aligned for the government to deliver on its dedicated duty with deter­mination and decisiveness. The only question would be whether the administration is competent enough to complete the chore that they themselves put in charge four years ago.