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 X, No. 1, January 1996
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Plenary Session
Rallies for Convention
NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Plenary
Session
Jan. 5: Members of the Panel of Alternate Chairmen
of the National Convention Plenary Session continued to scrutinize proposal
papers on the chapters the Legislature, the Executive, and the Judiciary. (NLM
1/6) // Jan. 6: Scrutinization continued. (NLM 1/7)
Jan. 8: The Plenary Session of the National
Convention resumed, with 489 of the 590 delegates present. Pages 1-212 from a
compilation of extracts from proposal papers presented on the chapter The
Legislature were read by members of the Panel of Alternate Chairmen [texts not
reported in NLM]. (NLM 1/9) // Jan. 9: The session continued, with 490 of 590
delegates present. Pages 212-420 were read. (NLM 1/ 10) // Jan. 10: The session
continued, with 491 of 590 delegates present. Pages 420-574 were read. (NLM
1/11)
Jan. 11: The Plenary Session continued, with
490 of 590 delegates present. Members of the Panel of Alternate Chairmen read
pages 1-233 of extracts from proposal papers on the chapter The Executive. (NLM
1/12) // Jan. 12: The session continued, with 486 of 590 delegates present.
Pages 234-476 were read. (NLM 1/13) // Jan. 15: The session continued, with 499
of 590 delegates present. Pages 477-725 were read. (NLM 1/16) // Jan. 16: The
session continued, with 494 of 590 delegates present. Pages 726-929 were read,
completing the extracts on the Executive. (NLM 1/17)
Jan. 17: The Plenary Session continued, with
492 of 590 delegates present. Members of the Panel of Alternate Chairmen read
pages 1-195 of extracts from proposal papers on the chapter The Judiciary. (NLM
1/18) // Jan. 18: The session continued, with 494 of 590 delegates present.
Pages 196-401 were read. (NLM 1/19) // Jan. 19: The session continued, with 490
of 590 delegates present. Pages 402-540 were read. (NLM 1/20)
Jan. 29: Coordination Meetings were held by
the Panels of Chairmen of six delegates groups: Peasants, State Service
Personnel, Other Invited Persons, Political Parties, Representatives-elect, and
National Races. (NLM 1/30)
Jan. 30: Coordination Meetings were held by
the Panels of Chairmen of two delegates groups: Intellectuals and
Intelligentsia, and State Service Personnel. (NLM 1/31)
Rallies for Convention
Dec. 31: Mass rallies expressing total
support for the National Convention continued. 38,500 participated in
Jan. 15: 33,000 people rallied at
Jan. 16: 5,220 people rallied Jan. 14 at
Jan. 27: 17,600 people rallied Jan. 25 in
Jan. 30: 2,849 people rallied Jan. 29 in