All eyes are on Indonesia which holds the 2023 Asean chairmanship.
Expectations are high for Indonesia’s leadership of Asean, especially looking at its President Joko Widodo’s leadership, achievements, and the international recognition that he has brought to the country.
"Indonesia is enthusiastic about its role in these challenging times. There are several areas of concern on which Indonesia could greatly contribute,” Dr Rahul Mishra, director at the Centre of Asean Regionalism Universiti Malaya told Bernama. Analysts and human rights advocates are also hoping that under Indonesia’s leadership, there would finally be some inroad into Myanmar’s crisis - a piece of damaging political baggage to Asean that the republic takes over from its predecessors Brunei and Cambodia.
The analyst added that although Indonesia’s approach and policy on Myanmar have always been firm and clear, it remains to be seen how the Myanmar junta will respond to the Chair’s actions. Sharing the same sentiment with Misra, Head of the Internationalisation Unit, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia Anggia Utami Dewi said the main challenge for every Asean chair in dealing with Myanmar's situation is the reluctance of the Junta administration to implement the 5PCs, and this would be the same for Indonesia.
"It will also be challenging for Indonesia to take up the measures to implement the 5PCs while having to balance between maintaining the fundamental principles of Asean and adhering to its free and active foreign policy,” she told Bernama.
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