Zhivkov and his colleagues were determined to reassure the Soviets that there would not be a Bulgarian version of the Prague Spring.
The document detailed for the first time the structure of the BCP (highly centralized, in keeping with policy after 1968) and its role in leading both society and state.
The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU) was specified as the partner of the BCP in the cooperative governing of the country.
Permanent commissions were to supervise the work of ministries, and legislation could now be submitted by labor and youth groups (all of which were party-controlled).
[1][4][6] This was formally done on January 15, 1990; when the National Assembly struck out Article 1, which enshrined the BCP's "leading role" in the state.
[5] Participants in national round table discussions eventually agreed on the need for a completely new constitution, which took effect on July 12, 1991.