13 SBS Transit bus drivers have applied to transfer their lawsuit against the company from Magistrates’ Court to High Court on the grounds of several important...
随着缅甸军人领袖发动政变夺回政权,东盟诸国多年来建设性的努力也严重受挫。 尽管已卸下议员职务,工人党前后港议员方荣发仍关心国内外局势,看到缅甸修女不忍看到伤亡,向全副武装警员下跪,也令他对这个亚细安盟国的前景感揪心。 他认为,东盟诸国理应拿出骨气,与其他民主国家一同透过强烈言词,或是合作制裁等形式,谴责缅甸军政府发动的政变,并停止杀害当地手无寸铁平民。 回溯2007年,缅甸也曾发生反军政府示威,方荣发曾撰文要求,停止任何形式的军售给缅军政府。他也提醒,新加坡是紧随中国和泰国之后,缅甸的第三大进口伙伴,绝对有能力对军政府施加压力。 当时,时任外长杨荣文曾指出,新加坡多年来对缅甸出售的国防产品并不多,且限制在“不适合反击群众抗命”的产品;也会依循联合国对缅的制裁措施。 时至今日,方荣发认为,自己对缅甸军政府的立场仍未改变。他甚至提起,2009年当时任缅甸总理登盛将军访新加坡,还把一种石斛兰以他的名字命名。“饶了我吧!” “花朵是爱、和平、缅怀和珍惜的有力象征,肯定缅甸军政府所有一切都和这些沾不上边。” 他指出,1990年,缅甸军人领袖拒绝和平移交权力;2007年僧侣和平示威的血腥冲突,以及2008年,面对纳尔吉斯飓风灾害拖延救援灾黎。 “我由衷希望这次亚细安诸国能拿出骨气,联合自由世界谴责近期缅甸发生的军事政变,透过强烈言辞和协作制裁,停止滥杀那里的无辜百姓,为这个国家和本区域恢复和平。”
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前外交部长杨荣文认为,尽管缅甸军政府是当前缅甸局势的症结,但在解决缅甸问题也是重要的一部分。 他认为,如果西方国家强硬干涉缅甸局势,例如推翻军政府,缅甸社会当下固然会欢庆,“但五到十年后呢?” 他担忧缅甸很大可能沦为下个动荡的叙利亚或伊拉克。而缅甸的内部分裂甚至会拖累周边的印度、孟加拉乃至于亚细安,使得本区域处于长年的乱局。 杨荣文是在耶鲁-新加坡国立大学学院的座谈会上,这么表示。 不过,相对于伊拉克原本由独裁者萨达姆所领导,缅甸原本就已有民选政府,最近的政变事件,却是破坏了缅甸10年来来之不易的民主进程,这也导致此次缅甸民间对军方的不满尤为激烈。 今年2月1日,就在缅甸议会重开之际,当地军方突然逮捕了缅甸国务资政昂山素季和总统温敏等多名执政党领袖,指控去年11月大选出现大规模舞弊,政权再次易手军方,并落实一年的紧急状态。 此前,现任外长维文也谴责:“任何国家的武装部队,用武力对付自己的人民,都是国耻。使用致命武力对付手无寸铁的平民,在任何情况下都不可原谅。” 另一方面,杨荣文认为,尽管一些欧美国家已对缅甸军政府落实经济指裁,但若缅甸近邻如亚细安、中国、印、等不加入声讨系列,这些制裁难以取得决定性作用。 但杨荣文又指,亚细安等国是不使用谴责方式的,他忆述过去担任外长期间,从东南亚各国与缅甸军政府的交涉经验来看,同侪压力似乎很有效。 亚细安不透过集体表决,因为这可能让部分成员国颜面尽失。 但他认为,亚细安仍能发挥同侪压力,集体向军政府施压,敦促说明还政于民的进程,重新选举。
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