Future Structure of ASEAN: Long-Term Priority is to Reform Secretariat

Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Munir Abdul Majid, Chairman of Bank Muamalat and Chairman of ASEAN-BAC Malaysia talks about the future structure of ASEAN.

He says, “ASEAN is an inter-governmental organisation, so the sovereignty of the government is preserved. It is not a union. There is no surrender to international authority. There is an agreement to proceed in terms of co-operation. These agreements do not work on the enforcement basis – there is no central, they work on a consensus. I do not see the change in the next 2-3 years.”