TOKYO -- Political tensions are mounting in Southeast Asia as the region braces for a wave of elections over the next couple of years.
A presidential poll in the Philippines on May 9 marked the beginning of this potentially stormy period, and is soon to be followed by lower house elections in Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia by 2023. Myanmar's military government is eager to hold a fresh general election in August 2023, while Indonesian voters will choose a new president the following February.
