BURMA

April 8 2014

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves for Europe on Wednesday where she will meet with French and German dignitaries and receive a peace prize, her party said.

Scheduled to fly to Berlin on 9 April, Suu Kyi is to meet the president, prime minister and foreign minister of Germany before paying a visit to the German Parliament where she is due to discuss parliamentary affairs.

http://www.dvb.no/news/suu-kyi-to-visit-germany-france-burma-myanmar/39381

CAMBODIA

April 7 2014

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that secret talks with the country’s political opposition have resolved most of their differences, and the two sides may soon reach an agreement for the opposition to end its boycott of parliament.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/cambodia-pm-agreement-with-opposition-may-be-near/2014/04/07/7e87e6ba-be37-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html

Sam Rainsy: The Hun Sen government accuses me of staging a “Constitutional Coup”

April 6 2014

Following my April 2, 2014 letter to His Majesty the King (see attached article in The Cambodia Daily, April 4, 2014), the Hun Sen government accused me today of staging a “constitutional coup.” This is a very serious accusation on the part of the CPP-led government, which could make me liable to a harsh punishment given Cambodia’s politically subservient Court.

http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2014/04/sam-rainsy-hun-sen-government-accuses.html

INDONESIA

April 8 2014

AFTER 10 years in opposition, the Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle (PDI-P) is poised to become the leading party in the 560-seat Parliament again. Party leaders want to win 152 seats in the House, up from 94 now, and at least 27 per cent of the popular vote, up from 14 per cent in 2009.
http://www.stasiareport.com/the-big-story/asia-report/indonesia/story/indonesia-elections-how-the-parties-stack-20140408

PDI-P Maintains its hold over Central Java
 

April 7 2014

Combining loyal voters and the rising popularity of the party’s locally born politicians, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will likely score another easy win in the province of Central Java in the upcoming legislative election, analysts have predicted.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/04/05/pdi-p-maintains-its-hold-over-central-java.html

Joko Candidacy Lifts PDIP-Above the Rest: Survey
 

April 3 2014

Jakarta. The electability of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) soared after it officially named Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo its presidential candidate, a new survey has found.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/joko-candidacy-lifts-pdi-p-rest-survey/

TAIWAN

The government’s credibility has been called into question for not delivering earlier promises on ECFA, promises which include higher growth, more jobs, more foreign and domestic investment, better income distribution, etc. In fact, all indicators show otherwise. There is a deep public distrust toward the government argument that CSTiS will bring higher growth (of a negligible 0.025%, or US$5b); rather, the public worries about the potential impact on their livelihood. The government keeps arguing that the agreement will yield a more beneficial rather than negative impact (利大於弊), but never addresses the exact nature of the impact. Moreover, the government promise of coming up with a fund of NT$95b for compensation reinforces the public’s worry that the government is not telling truth about the agreement’s impact.

http://dpptaiwan.blogspot.com/2014/04/dpp-perspective-on-cross-stait-trade-in.html




DPP: Giver Power Back to the People
April 4 2014

The response by President Ma to the students’ call for a “citizen’s constitutional conference”  was the “national affairs conference”. DPP Chair Su Tseng-chang urges the government to return the power to the people. Following is Chair Su’s statement on the 17th day the students have occupied the Legislative Yuan:

The student movement has reached its 17th day, but President Ma clearly cannot understand the demands from the student groups and the real meaning behind their movement. What we see is the Office of the President and the Executive Yuan holding press conferences, but in all their remarks, they avoid the real questions, and this I believe, does not resolve any problems.

http://dpptaiwan.blogspot.com/2014/04/dpp-giver-power-back-to-people.html




THAILAND

April 7, 2014

The Democrat Party will take part in a general election if it is fair and candidates from parties other than Pheu Thai can campaign for votes unhindered, the party’s secretary-general affirmed on Sunday.

The Democrat Party, which celebrated its 68th anniversary yesterday, boycotted the Feb 2 election, called after caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved the Lower House last December.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/403767/dems-will-run-only-if-election-fair-safe