By F. Heiduk
Profitable reform of the safety region has been considered as pivotal for a winning transition from authoritarianism to democracy by means of Western donors. an international solid of members examines SSR in numerous coverage fields in Southeast Asia, paying particular realization to the adaption of 'Western' reform innovations by way of neighborhood actors.
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However, military-dominated intra-BSPP tensions over the party’s priority eventually led to the collapse of the BSPP. This was followed by countrywide street protests seeking political and economic reforms, thereby providing the Tatmadaw with the opportunity to restore order out of the chaos. A military junta organized as the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) led by General Saw Maung took power. In the aftermath of these events, the 1990 parliamentary elections were held. Although they were won by the newly organized National League of Democracy (NLD), the results were upturned by the SLORC, renamed the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) following Burma/Myanmar’s admission in 1997 into the ASEAN.
PCHR and OPAPP sustained the SSRI Project until February 2012. In other parts of Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand and Cambodia, SSR was a donor-driven process. Local ownership still needs to be built in order to institutionalize the SSR framework in policy circles. However, SSR has not found hospitable ground in official circles in the rest of the region, perhaps due to its perceived irrelevance to effective governance, or due to the concept’s origins in the West. To be fair, however, SSR is slowly, but increasingly, taking root in the region.
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