Indeed, the Timorese people have consistently shown that what they want from their government is openness, dialogue, and majority voting under the rule of law. Myanmar’s people want the same, but their country is being pushed towards collapse by years of political and economic crisis, and might well become ASEAN’s pariah, like Africa’s Zimbabwe.
的确，东帝汶人民已经矢志不渝地表明他们需要从政府那里获得公开、对话和法制下的多数票选。缅甸人民同样需要这些，但他们的国家正被多年的政治与经济危机推向崩溃的边缘，并很可能成为东盟的弃儿，就如同非洲的津巴布韦。这对于东帝汶的各冲突派别应该是一记警钟，除非他们认为镇压和独裁是最佳的解决方案。