Majority and opposition agreed on Tymoshenko's article

Speaker of the parliament Volodymyr Lytvyn held a meeting of leaders of parliamentary factions, during which the deputies managed to come to an agreement on decriminalization of the article according to which ByuT leader Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted.

The MPs agreed to postpone the draft bill on decriminalization of the economic crimes till the next plenary session, BYuT faction leader Ivan Kyrylenko told journalists after the meeting, ForUm correspondent reports.

BYuT faction unblocked the rostrum and the speaker submitted the decision for voting. 339 deputies supported the decision to postpone the consideration of the given draft bill.