1980s, Bulgaria (People´s Republic). National Assembly. Bronze Medal.
Condition: AU-UNC! Mint Year: ca. 1980s Denominations: Medal - National Assembly of Bulgaria Condition: Struck with matte dies, otherwise UNCirculated! Material: Bronze? (silver-plated) Weight: 70.35gm Diameter: 60mm
The National Assembly (Народно събрание, Narodno săbraniе) is the unicameral parliament and legislative body of Bulgaria.
During the communist period between 1946 and 1989, the National Assembly was characterized as a rubber stamp for the Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Bulgarian communist regime. The BCP controlled nomination and election processes at every level in its political system, allowing it to stamp out any opposition. As a legacy of the communist-era system of government, where the National Assembly was constitutionally defined as the supreme organ of state power and only branch of government, government ministers are formally appointed and dismissed by the Assembly on prime ministerial advice (rather than the President on prime ministerial advice, as in other parliamentary systems) even after the transition to democracy.