Past Events
Political Transformation in Southeast Asia – Recent Developments, Current Issues and Future Prospects
Agenda
Jonathan Bogais, School of Political and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
“Myanmar’s Difficult Road to Democracy: An Examination Through Complex Systems Analysis”
Henning Glaser, Director, German -Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
“Thailand’s Roadmap to Stability? – Post-Referendum Prospects”
Romel R. Bagaras, Executive Director, Center for International Law Manila
“From Martial Law to Duterte: Has There Been Political Transformation in the Philippines?”
Report
On 8 September 2016, the international seminar “Political Transformation in Southeast Asia – Recent Developments, Current Issues and Future Prospects” was organised as a joint event of CPG and Hanns Seidel Foundation at the Faculty of Law of Thammasat University against the backdrop a two-fold development of constitutionalism in Southeast Asia. Whilst constitutional law has seen an Increase in importance across South-east Asia, the region has witnessed some contentious developments over the past few years. Examples include another coup d’état in Thailand, violent political unrest in Myanmar and violent acts conducted in the name of the state in the Philippines. Notwithstanding an advancing constitutional discourse, all three countries display a tendency to move away from the western, rule-of-law based state model. During the seminar, three speakers have elaborated on this issue in the three countries mentioned. The speakers were Jonathan Bogais, School of Political and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney on “Myanmar’s Difficult Road to Democracy: An Examination Through Complex Systems Analysis”, CPG Director Henning Glaser on “Thailand’s Roadmap to Stability? – Post-Referendum Prospects” and Romel R. Bagaras, Executive Director, Center for International Law Manila, on “From Martial Law to Duterte: Has There Been Political Transformation in the Philippines?”. The speaker’s presentations were thoroughly discussed by all participants afterwards.
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