East Timor presidential candidate Jose Ramos Horta after casting his ballot in Dili, East Timor, on April 19, 2022. - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): With the landslide election of Jose Ramos Horta as president of one of the youngest democracies in the world, Timor-Leste, the moment is ripe for Asean to open its doors and welcome a new member to its family.
Timor-Leste has been waiting for this opportunity for years, with an endless list of meetings and deliberations made so far about this small nation's quest to join the bloc. So far, however, the leaders of the region have shown neither interest nor respect.
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