ASEAN not sending monitors to Myanmar polls: sources
The bloc’s decision underscores growing skepticism over the junta’s December vote, widely condemned as a sham.
Southeast Asia’s ASEAN bloc will not send observers to Myanmar’s elections in December, diplomatic sources said Monday—a setback to the junta’s push for international legitimacy.
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has billed the December 28 polls as a step towards reconciliation in the civil war unleashed by his 2021 coup.
“The cessation of violence and inclusive political dialogue must precede elections,”
ASEAN chair Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday repeated calls for an “immediate ceasefire.”
Leaders of the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, meeting in Malaysia, voiced “deep concern” over the conflict and warned of “a lack of substantive progress” towards peace, in a statement released late Sunday.
Author's summary: ASEAN refuses to send observers to Myanmar's elections.
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