There are discussions that the Burmese Military Junta is trying to woo ethnic groups, cease-fire or not, to attend the new National Convention so that it can side-line NLD and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
VOA Burmese Service interviews U Bo Hla Tint of the exiled National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma on the subject. He also give his suggestion on what the Thailand-sponsored Forum on Burma can achieve.