BURMA PRESS SUMMARY
From the Rangoon "The New Light of Myanmar"
Compiled for the Burma Studies Group by Hugh C. MacDougall
Published by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois
Volume VIII, No. 2, February 1994

NATIONAL CONVENTION
Continued Proceedings

NATIONAL CONVENTION

Continued Proceedings

Proposal Papers on the Chapters "The State," "State Structure," and "Head of State," were discussed and adopted through the month. Reports list speakers, but do not discuss the content of discussions.

Jan. 31: Three delegates groups met: Peasants group, which will resume Feb. 2; State Service Personnel group; Political Parties group called for parties to submit proposal papers. National League for Democracy (NLD) promised a paper on Feb. 8; Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP) on Feb. 8; Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organization (MKNSO) on Feb. 9; Wa National Development Party (WNDP) on Feb. 9; Shan Nationalities League (SNL) on Feb. 10; Shan State Kokang Democratic Party (SSKDP) on Feb. 10; Lahu National Development Party (LNDP) on Feb. 10, and Union Kayin League (UKL) on Feb. 10. Discussions will resume Feb. 8. (NLM 2/1)

Feb. 1: Two groups met: National Races group, which will resume Feb. 2; Other Invited Delegates group. (NLM 2/2)

Feb. 2: Two groups met: National Races group, which will resume Feb. 7; Other Invited Delegates group, which will resume Feb. 4. (NLM 2/3)

Feb. 3: The Peasant group met; it will resume Feb. 4. (NLM 2/4)

Feb. 4: Four delegates groups met: Peasant group, which will resume Feb. 9; Intelligentsia and Intellectual group, which will resume Feb. 11; State Service Personnel group; and Other Invited Delegates group. (NLM 2/5)

Feb. 7: Three groups met: National Races group, which will resume Feb. 9; Political Party group, which received papers from the NLD, MKNSO, and KDUP, and extended the deadline for proposals from SNLD, SSKDP, LNDP, UKL, and WNDP from Feb. 10 to Feb. 15; Representatives-elect group, which received papers from the NLD, UPNO, SSKDP, and an Independent. (NLM 2/9)

Feb. 9: Three groups met: National Races group, which will resume Feb. 15; Peasants group, which will resume Feb. 22; State Service Personnel group, which coordinated its draft proposal. (NLM 2/10)

Feb. 11: Two groups met: Intelligentsia and Intellectual group, which will resume Feb. 18; State Service Personnel group, which will resume Feb. 14. (NLM 2/12)

Feb. 14: Four groups met: Other Invited Delegates group; National Races group; Workers group; and State Service Personnel group. (NLM 2/15)

Feb. 15: Five groups met: National Races group, which will resume Feb. 16; Workers group; Other Invited Delegates group; Political Party group, which will resume Feb. 23; and Representatives-elect group, which will resume Feb. 22. (NLM 2/16)

Feb. 16: The National Races group met. (NLM 2/17)

Feb. 17: The Other Invited Delegates group met. (NLM 2/18)

Feb. 18: Two groups met: Intelligentsia and Intellectual group, which will resume Feb. 25; State Service Personnel group. (NLM 2/19)

Feb. 21: Four groups met: Workers group, which will resume Feb. 23; State Service Personnel group; Other Invited Delegates Group; and Representatives-elect group. (NLM 2/22)

Feb. 22: Three groups met: Peasants group, which will submit a proposal paper on the three topics to the Panel of Chairmen on Mar. 9; Representatives-elect group, which will resume Feb. 23; Other Invited Delegates group. (NLM 2/23)

Feb. 23: Three groups met: Workers group, which will resume Feb. 24; Political Party group, which will resume Feb. 24; Representatives-elect group, which will resume Feb. 24. (NLM 2/24)

Feb. 24: Three groups met: Workers group, which will resume Feb. 25; Political Parties group, which will resume Feb. 25; Representatives-elect group. (NLM 2/25)

Feb. 25: Five groups met: Workers group; Intelligentsia and Intellectuals group, which will resumed Mar. 4; State Service Personnel group; Other Invited Delegates group; Political Parties group. (NLM 2/25)