Say trahidiya ya tatawagen ya ASEAN ed dalem na Cambodia (The tragedy called ASEAN under Cambodia)

Say Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) ya nigapo nen 1967 no agak nalilingo et sakey labat ya upot-oras, gastos na kuwarta daray diplomat ya manisian makatulong ed politika, tan ikonomiya daray bansan Pilipinas, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma,  tan Brunei. Labay na East Timor so onloob.

During the advent of Burma's military rule in which severe human rights violations were occurring, ASEAN refused to tackle it as a group as if it was condoning it in the principle of non-intervention in domestic affairs. It is plain and simple lack of mettle to discipline erring members. It is pure uselessness.

Better dissolve the ASEAN if it cannot unite itself over one issue: to stand pat with one's member (i.e. Vietnam, the Philippines) against the bullying of China.

Natan, what can we expect from Cambodia, a long-time ally of China, during the long and bloody years of the Khmer Rouge, which was responsible for the genocide of millions of Cambodians?

The arm-twisting must have been done.

Say ASEAN et anggapoy kakanaan to no ag to sarag ya ilaban so  kanepegan na rehiun.

The code of conduct is not a diplomatic communique that will only benefit the Philippines or Vietnam; it involves the whole region whose lifeblood for all the centuries of its civilization has been the South Seas.

If ASEAN cannot get its act together against China's outright and illegal claim of the entire sea encroaching on territories such as Scarborough shoal and Paracel islands, which in principle is contrary to the spirit of UNCLOS, what is it for?

And there has been talks for ASEAN common currency. What for?

ASEAN should not be held hostage by any superpower who is thinking of using it for its own interests.

If ASEAN does not issue the code of conduct for all the members to follow, whose interest is it serving?

The code of conduct could have been a show of unity among ASEAN members that they cannot kowtow to the vested interest of China. It is bigger than China itself who is thinking that it can bambozzle members through a bilateral tete-a-tete. It is bigger because it involves not only the peace, security and stability of ASEAN and East Asia but the whole of Asia and the Pacific.

The failure of the talks shows clearly how very limited the regional consciousness and identity of ASEAN member-countries.

As citizen of ASEAN, I vote for its abolition and dissolution but in its place the formation of the CASEAN, ASEAN under China.

No nagawa tan, ta nagagawa la sirin natan, CASEAN na arum ya bansa so Pilipinas tan Vietnam. Balet andi, kaokolan ya italendeg na Pilipinas so dili ton interes ya anggapoy mibabalin manmandomando.