The writer says there is no harm in letting President Jokowi try to presuade the Myanmar junta. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - Two days before he received Asean foreign ministers in Jakarta last Friday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced that he intended to send a senior military general as his envoy to talk with Myanmar’s junta.Jokowi’s predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , took a stab at this during his two five-year terms. There is a strong reason to hope the President’s plan will work.
The idea to send a general to Myanmar is based on the experience and position of the Indonesian Military during the transition of the country from a militaristic state to become the world’s third-largest democracy in just 10 years. Jokowi himself has played an instrumental role in Asean’s efforts to bring Myanmar into the fold, including in the decision to exclude the military from the regional grouping’s official summits. The President hosted an emergency summit in April 2021 to discuss the worsening situation in the military-dominated nation.
In a statement issued after their foreign ministers’ meeting, these senior officials just reiterated their longstanding position on Myanmar, apparently to avoid open disagreement from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. On the other hand, Indonesia’s idea to ban Myanmar from participating in Asean meetings is supported by Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.
And until Jokowi announces the name of the general envoy, such a stance will remain in place and so far, the President has not given details about any candidate. Some of Jokowi’s supporters, however, criticised me because they did not want to see the former president being given a new lease on political life.
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