“its programme must include complementary **in-country** and cross-border approaches to ensure even coverage of the most vulnerable people across the country.”

So there is going to be an in-country portion. That’s great. I don’t think that exists now. The last in-country Magsaysay Prize winner was Luce’s wife in the 1950s. There certainly have been hardworking people in-country who deserve a Magsaysay but they just can’t be seen because there hasn’t been engagement.

“Thirdly, it should begin appropriate funding for exile groups, such as trade unions and women’s organisations, to support them in raising awareness, giving assistance to IDPs and building capacity to prepare for transition to democracy.”

Famous exiles: Aquino, Kim Dae Jung, both ran rear guard actions from outside of the country, probably a lot more effective effective than waiting it out in a closed country with sanctions over its head, the least economically open country in the world at exports 0.01 of GDP, Brazil next at 0.07, the average about 0.22. If you can’t build a civil society inside the country build one outside of it.

Besides the obligatory acknowledgement that the leadership and the country has been very messed up for a long time, the editorial seems a lot more positive than the quoted paragraph.