The Bill (Reg. No. 6137) presents the following version of Clause 61 of the Law "On the Standing Orders of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine": "A coalition of Deputy Factions in The Verkhovna Rada is an association of deputy factions and People´s Deputies involving the majority of People´s Deputies of the constitutional composition of The Verkhovna Rada, set up in accordance with the election results and in compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine and the Standing Orders.
The coalition shall be set up within one month since the opening of the first meeting of the newly-elected Verkhovna Rada or within one month since the date the activity of the previous coalition was terminated.
The coalition shall be set up after the negotiations of the deputy factions. The Agreement of the coalition of deputy factions in The Verkhovna Rada (hereinafter referred to as the Coalition Agreement) shall be concluded by results of the negotiations with the personal signatures of the heads of the corresponding deputy factions or by resolution of one deputy faction by a deputy head of this faction.
The Coalition Agreement shall document consensual political standpoints underlying the coalition, as well as the procedure for regulating organizational matters of the coalition activity. The Coalition Agreement shall be supplemented with the list of People´s Deputies-members of the Coalition.
The Coalition is considered set up since the moment the Chairperson makes the official declaration at the plenary meeting on the grounds of the documents submitted to The Verkhovna Rada Secretariate as envisaged by Part 3 of this Clause.
The announcement concerning formation of the coalition and the Coalition Agreement shall be published in Holos Ukrainy newspaper within four days since the official declaration at the plenary meeting.
If the activity of the coalition is terminated, a new coalition shall be set up in compliance with the Standing Orders".