05 February 2008, 16:00
On Tuesday, the plenary meeting of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was not resumed, since the representatives of The Party of Regions Faction blocked the office and the reception room of Arseniy Yatseniuk, the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The agreement concerning further consultations on unblocking the Parliament´s work on Wednesday, 6 February, was reached after the talks with the leaders of Deputy Factions, held during the recess in the plenary meeting.
During the talks, A.Yatseniuk called for parliamentary consideration of a number of compromise decisions on debatable issues, namely, the draft resolutions on creation of three temporary inquiry panels and all the draft resolutions regarding the NATO.
The Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called for regular plenary work and adoption of resolutions as regards a number of legislative acts of social importance, including the Bills on State purchases, on amendments to Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine "On Living Wage" (re Publication of Calculations), on amendments to Article 77 of the Legislative Base of Ukraine (re granting Additional Leave to the Family Medicine Employees), on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the Status of the People´s Deputy of Ukraine" (re Abolition of the Deputy´s Immunity), etc.
However, the factions of minority failed to uphold any compromise proposal.