Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Rybak has urged politicians to start talks and announced the convocation of a roundtable on Monday.
“As the head of Verkhovna Rada I guarantee that such a roundtable will take place literally tomorrow and all sides to the process will have an opportunity to express their thoughts,” he said on Inter TV channel Sunday night.
He expressed the conviction that people have the right to attend peaceful rallies and express their opinion.
“Nobody has the right to humiliate these people or beat them and what happened on Friday night is impossible for Ukraine and we will not support the authorities,” he said.
Rybak said he met President Viktor Yanukovych who “is on the side of the people” who have a full right to assemble for actions and express their thoughts.
