A draft was written by a commission elected by the Great National Assembly on March 27, 1952, and published on July 18.

Romania was proclaimed a "state of working people from the cities and villages" that "was born as a result of the historic victory of the Soviet Union against German fascism and the liberation of Romania by the glorious Red Army, a liberation that empowered the working people, above all the working class led by the Communist Party, to demolish the fascist dictatorship, to destroy the power of the exploiting classes and to build a state of popular democracy, which fully coincides with the interests and hopes of Romania's popular masses".

The document provided for the state's independence and sovereignty to be "defended" by the "friendship and alliance with the great Soviet Union".

Among the Romanian state's functions were to repress "the classes removed from power" and to defend against external aggression.

Through explicit provisions, the state was to have a dominant role not only in the economy, but also in areas such as education and culture.