CEBU – ASEAN does not recognise Myanmar’s recent election held by its military government “for now” given a lack of consensus on the matter within the grouping, Philippine’s foreign secretary said.

“There is no consensus on endorsing these elections,” said Ms Theresa Lazaro in a Jan 29 press conference after the ASEAN foreign ministers’ retreat held in Cebu City, the opening salvo of the Philippines’ chairmanship of the grouping.