Guessing games

Re: “Cambodia: Asean’s spoiler or saviour?” (BP, Jan 4).

Once again, Mr Kavi’s forecast about Cambodia’s role in Asean is like any horoscope. Yes, it is possible that the Cambodian PM could be a spoiler who might ignore the Asean process and go his way in engaging Myanmar. Based on his history, anyone could easily forecast that he could neither restore democracy in Myanmar nor force the release of the National League of Democracy (NLD) leaders or reinstate Ms Suu Kyi’s government. The only thing you can expect from coup-makers is to hold a fresh election in the coming years, maybe in two years, instead of four.

Surprisingly, Mr Kavi calls the most ruthless man a “versatile” leader in Asean. Some people will call the Thai PM more “versatile” than any other Asean leader. Now we know why people lost their faith in Nostradamus. KULDEEP NAGI