 The commission has been described as "toothless" by observers including "The Wall Street Journal".The ASEAN chair at the time of AICHR's founding, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said that "...the commission's 'teeth' would be strengthened down the road", but six years after AICHR's founding, critics charge that "...since it was launched...[AICHR] has yet to take any action to safeguard the most basic freedoms of citizens it supposedly represents.