Ukrainian MPs have agreed to postpone consideration at second reading of a law decriminalizing certain economic crimes, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said.
"Realizing the need to seek further compromise on this matter, we have decided to postpone the consideration of this issue as proposed by the BYT-Batkivschyna and Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense [factions]," the speaker said after consultations with members of the parliamentary factions ended.
The parliament’s agenda on Friday included the president’s bill on decriminalizing certain articles of the Criminal Code, in particular those which include charges against the convicted former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
However, the Regions Party hasn’t agreed to support the bill yet.
As reported, on October 11, the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv found Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s ex-prime minister and leader of the Batkivschyna party, guilty of exceeding her authority while signing gas contracts with Russia and sentenced her to seven years in prison. Tymoshenko was also banned from holding public office for three years.
