Southeast Asian parliamentarians urge swift action against Myanmar junta
Southeast Asian parliamentarians are urging the international community to take swift action against the illegal military junta in Myanmar. Following a roundtable discussion in Jakarta, the parliamentarians stressed that the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the junta’s atrocities is of gigantic proportions, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes.
APHR Chair Mercy Barends called on ASEAN to apply strong pressure to isolate the Myanmar military, and parliamentarians urged the international community to recognize the National Unity Government and the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as the legitimately elected representatives of the people of Myanmar.
