On 5 March, theUSSRSupremeSoviet approved a draft law which would transfer control ofthe KGB from theUSSR Cabinet of Ministers to theUSSR President and SupremeSoviet as well as provide legal immunity for KGB officers from Soviet citizens.
It would permit elections to be held for the presidency oftheUSSR, theSupremeSoviet and other bodies, thereby creating an opportunity to forge the national consensus required to make the harsh sacrifices attendant to systemic transformation.
Also on 21 March, theUSSRSupremeSoviet voted to make the results ofthe March 17 referendum on the future oftheSoviet Union binding on all 15 Union republics.