ASEAN , A NUISANCE TO THE ASIA PACI (r)

[moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Subject: Re:ASEAN , A NUISANCE TO THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

Dear Mr Hiranprueck,
                                         I can understand your feelings and
reaction to my article. But what I really wanted to say was ASEAN should get
rid of its status quo policies and prescribe new policies that practically
work out to influence the Burmese situation and Indonesian situation.
Non-interference policies are beneficial only for the ruliong class when
there is a conflict. When there's a conflict, the ruling class defeats the
ruled class inhumanely. Burma could have been free from military
dictatorship if ASEAN denied Burma into the organisation. Now that ASEAN is
being used by the military brasshats to be able to hold on to power without
the will and the consent of the people because ASEAN is now supporting the
military regime with blind faith.Is constructive engagement by ASEAN working
to influence the Burmese situation? Obviously not!Since ASEAN admitted Burma
into the organisation as a member, human rights situations in Burma have
been worsening. Is there anything you still want to disagree with me?

Sincerely,

Julien Moe

>Dear Mr. Moe,
>
>Your article today on ASEAN has got to be the worst so far. I do not know
>where do you come from or how clever or educated you are but you are full of
>shit. For better or for worse ASEAN is our only local regional grouping. We
>are trying to find ways to do things with our limitations but not for the
>lack of trying. If you do not have any good things to say about thousands of
>people trying , keep off the air. Take your views and shove it up yours and
>keep me off your mail.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julien Moe <moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: 14 ¡Ñ¹ÂÒ¹ 2542 13:02
>Subject: ASEAN , A NUISANCE TO THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
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>>ASEAN, A NUISANCE TO THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
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>>By Julien Moe
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>>14th September 1999
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>>While the Indonesian army is cracking down on the East Timorese who voted
>>for independence, ASEAN has been busy calling for meetings on haze. The
>>crisis in Southeast Asia , whether political or economic, should be what
>>matters to ASEAN, the regional organisation. ASEAN has never responded to
>>the East Timorese situation. In fact, ASEAN is an organisation that should
>>cease to exist because instead of helping the region's stability, the
>>organisation has been a deterring force that hinders the democratic
>>processes in the region. Burma was about to break free from military
>>dictatorship. With ASEAN shielding Burma from international criticism, the
>>generals in Burma have been obviously shored up to repress their own people
>>for the sake of being in power.
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>>ASEAN holds several meetings a week. Ten meetings are scheduled o be held
>>this week. How many meetings have produced auspicious results to be
>achieved
>>to stabilise the region politically and economically? None so far!
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>>According to ASEAN, "to accelerate the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), the
>>Leaders of the ASEAN nations agreed that the six original signatories to
>the
>>Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the
>>ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) - Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
>>Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - would advance the implementation of
>>AFTA by one year from 2003 to 2002. They also agreed to achieve a minimum
>of
>>90% of their total tariff lines with tariffs of 0-5% by the year 2000,
>which
>>would account for 90% of intra-ASEAN trade." There is a political crisis
>and
>>chaos  in Indonesia. How does ASEAN imagine to achieve these goals when one
>>of the target nations is having an upheaval?
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>>The human rigts situation in Burma is deteriorating and ASEAN is still
>>holding to its status quo policies of non-interference and citizens of
>>Indonesia and Burma are suffering miserably under the brutal military
>>regimes. Silence is not golden but it is a crack that will tear down the
>>regional group's credibility and its current policies that go nowhere but
>>make member nations stay a few strides in terms of political reforms..
>>Economic growth can never be sustained if there is no political stability.
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