Asean caves in to the bad guys

[voldemort]

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Asean caves in to the bad guys
The Nation(Thailand Newspaper)

Gone are the days when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was steered by Indonesia's Suharto, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad. Call them dictators or whatever you like, but to be sure, these leaders did lead Asean and made it a real entity in world affairs.

A case in point was the third Asean summit in 1987 in Manila. A series of coup attempts threatened the government of former president Corazon Aquino as it was preparing to host the summit. Indonesia's former president Suharto took the lead and announced he would attend the event against security advice. He moved other Asean leaders to follow suit, and the summit took place.

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Meanwhile, the debacle has already caused considerable damage to the image of Asean as an organisation. For one thing, it reflects poorly on the leadership of the Philippines as the host of the summit. Even if the typhoon was the real reason they shut it down, blaming it on the weather is just lame. Besides, if the weather in Cebu was a problem, why not move the summit to another city?

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[junmar4]

sakto jud kaayo. Poor leadership.

[godCode]

yeah maka samot ni ug kadaot sa image sa philippines... tsk tsk tsk...