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21750
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 10:05
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GOVT TO URGE HOUSE ABOUT ASEAN CHARTER RATIFICATION, OBSERVER
Jakarta, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government needs to urge legislators to soon ratify the ASEAN Charter to keep the nation's good reputation and the future of ASEAN integration, an observer said.
"Indonesia could be the last to ratify the ASEAN Charter and it could be very embarassing because Indonesia was the first to propose the agenda," University of Indonesia (UI) International Relations observer Hariyadi Wiryawan said here Sunday.
The government, according to Wiryawan, must give a detailed explanation to the legislators that the ASEAN Charter is not a regulator, but rather a guideline to integrate ASEAN.
"The Charter is a guideline to make a united ASEAN and not a regulation. So, Indonesia does not have to dominate ASEAN in the Charter," he said commenting on many parties' requests for a wider Indonesian domination in ASEAN.
"Besides, the ASEAN Charter is not something final," Wiryawan added.
Earlier this week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hoped the ASEAN Charter could be ratified by the House of Representatives (DPR) before the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok in December 2008.
Meanwhile, earlier this month Thailand had finally agreed to ratify the ASEAN Charter. Of the ten ASEAN member countries, Indonesia and the Philippines have not yet ratified the Charter which was signed by the ten heads of state and heads of government in the ASEAN Summit in Singapore on November 20, 2007.
On a different occasion, ASEAN Secretary general Surin Pitsuwan last week expressed optimism Indonesia and the Philippines will ratify the Charter soon before the 14th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok at the end of the year.
Thereby, at the Summit, ASEAN leaders will celebrate two important events--the ratification of the ASEAN Charter by the ten countries member and the application of the ASEAN Charter.
Two of the five ASEAN founding countries--Indonesia and the Philippines still discussed the ASEAN Charter in parlement while the other eight member countries had handed over the ratified ASEAN Charter to the ASEAN Secretary General.
"Indonesia could be the last to ratify the ASEAN Charter and it could be very embarassing because Indonesia was the first to propose the agenda," University of Indonesia (UI) International Relations observer Hariyadi Wiryawan said here Sunday.
The government, according to Wiryawan, must give a detailed explanation to the legislators that the ASEAN Charter is not a regulator, but rather a guideline to integrate ASEAN.
"The Charter is a guideline to make a united ASEAN and not a regulation. So, Indonesia does not have to dominate ASEAN in the Charter," he said commenting on many parties' requests for a wider Indonesian domination in ASEAN.
"Besides, the ASEAN Charter is not something final," Wiryawan added.
Earlier this week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hoped the ASEAN Charter could be ratified by the House of Representatives (DPR) before the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok in December 2008.
Meanwhile, earlier this month Thailand had finally agreed to ratify the ASEAN Charter. Of the ten ASEAN member countries, Indonesia and the Philippines have not yet ratified the Charter which was signed by the ten heads of state and heads of government in the ASEAN Summit in Singapore on November 20, 2007.
On a different occasion, ASEAN Secretary general Surin Pitsuwan last week expressed optimism Indonesia and the Philippines will ratify the Charter soon before the 14th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok at the end of the year.
Thereby, at the Summit, ASEAN leaders will celebrate two important events--the ratification of the ASEAN Charter by the ten countries member and the application of the ASEAN Charter.
Two of the five ASEAN founding countries--Indonesia and the Philippines still discussed the ASEAN Charter in parlement while the other eight member countries had handed over the ratified ASEAN Charter to the ASEAN Secretary General.
