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. 12, December 1994

NATIONAL CONVENTION
National Convention Working Sessions

NATIONAL CONVENTION

National Convention Working Sessions

[News stories sometimes list speakers, and often note when the next meetings are due, but very little of substance is included.]

Nov. 30: Three groups met. Peasants: A proposal paper on Judiciary was approved. Political parties: proposal papers on Legislature were presented. Representatives-elect: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized papers on Legislature. (NLM 12/1)

Dec. 1: Two groups met. Other invited persons: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized proposal papers on Executive and Judiciary. Representatives-elect: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized a paper on Legislature. (NLM 12/2)

Dec. 2: Three groups met. State service personnel: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized a paper on Judiciary. Other invited persons: reading of a proposal paper on Executive continued. Representatives-elect: proposal papers were scrutinized by the Panel of Chairmen. (NLM 12/3)

Dec. 5: Three groups met. Other invited persons: a proposal paper on Judiciary was discussed. Political parties: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized papers on Legislature. Nationalities: the Panel of Chairmen met to consider papers on self-administered areas. (NLM 12/6)

Dec. 6: Four groups met. State service personnel: a proposal paper on Judiciary was considered. Other invited persons: the Panel of Chairmen and delegates coordinated a paper on self-administered areas. Political parties: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized proposal papers. Representatives-elect: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized a paper on Legislature. (NLM 12/7)

Dec. 7: Three groups met. Political parties: proposal papers on Legislature were presented. Representatives-elect: proposal papers on Legislature were presented. National races: the Panel of Chairmen met. (NLM 12/8)

Dec. 8: Two groups met. Other invited persons: various proposal papers were presented. Representatives-elect: various proposal papers on Legislature were presented. (NLM 12/9)

Dec. 9: Two groups met. Other invited persons: the Panel of Chairmen met with delegates and approved a proposal paper on self-administered areas. Nationalities: a proposal paper on self-administered areas was approved. (NLM 12/10)

Dec. 12: One group met. Political parties: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized papers on Legislature. Four groups (peasants, workers, intellectuals and intelligentsia, and nationalities) have approved proposal papers on self-administered areas, Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. (NLM 12/ 13)

Dec. 13: Two groups met. Other invited persons: the Panel of Chairmen discussed a paper on self-administered areas. Political parties: a paper on Legislature was presented; the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized another paper on Legislature. (NLM 12/14)

Dec. 14: Two groups met. State service personnel: a proposal paper on Legislature was heard. Representatives-elect: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized several papers. (NLM 12/15)

Dec. 16: Two groups met. Other invited delegates: papers were proposed on self-administered areas, and on Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary. Political parties: papers were presented on Legislature and on Executive. (NLM 12/17)

Dec. 19: Three groups met. State service personnel: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized the draft on Legislature. Political parties: proposal papers were presented on Executive. Representatives-elect: the Panel of Chairmen received a proposal paper on Executive. (NLM 12/20)

Dec. 21: One group met. Representatives-elect: various proposal papers were read. The death of U Pe Tin, NLD representative for Nyaung U Township-2, was noted. (NLM 12/22)

Dec. 23: One group met. Political parties: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized proposal papers on Executive. (NLM 12/24)

Dec. 29: One group met. State service personnel: a proposal paper on Legislature was discussed. (NLM 12/30)

Dec. 30: Two groups met. Political parties: heard proposal papers on Executive. Representatives-elect: the Panel of Chairmen scrutinized papers on Executive. (NLM 12/31)