Dimitrov Constitution: Difference between revisions

[[GeorgiThe Dimitrov]],document afterwas whomnamed after the documentcountry's isfirst namedCommunist leader, [[Georgi Dimitrov]]. He guided the framing of the 1947 constitution on the model of the [[1936 Soviet Constitution]].<ref name=cscs1>{{csref|country=bulgaria|section=The Dimitrov Constitution|author=Glenn E. Curtis}}</ref> The Dimitrov Constitution guaranteed citizens all manner of personal freedoms, such as equality before the law;, freedom from discrimination; a universal welfare system;, freedom of speech, the press, and assembly;, and inviolability of person, domicile, and correspondence.<ref name=cscs1/> ButHowever, thosethese rights were qualifiedeffectively rendered meaningless by a clause prohibiting activity that would jeopardize the attainments of "the national revolution of 9 September 1944."<ref name=cscs1/> Citizens were guaranteed employment but required to work in a socially useful capacity.<ref name=cscs1/> The constitution also prescribed a planned national economy, and provided for a national welfare system.<ref name=cscs1/> PrivateUnlike the Soviet Constitution, private property was allowed, ifprovided itsthat possessionit was not used "to the detriment of the public good."<ref name=cscs2>{{csref|country=bulgaria|section=The Early Communist Era|author=Glenn E. Curtis}}</ref><ref name=cs1/>