Author: Sharon Seah

Published: 11 Feb 2026

What are ASEAN’s options for responding to the election outcome in Myanmar?

Derided by most international observers and the Myanmar diaspora as a sham, the recently concluded three-phase elections in Myanmar have entrenched military rule under a new constitutional government. For ASEAN, the outcome throws into sharp relief an increasingly uncomfortable question: does it persist with marginalising the intransigent junta until the latter cooperates with ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus (5PC) or find a way back to engagement that does not betray ASEAN’s norms?

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