Leaders of 10 factions and groups of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine signed an agreement on carrying out political reform in the country, a number of leaders of parliamentary majority factions - with reservations.

This was reported by the permanent representative of the president of Ukraine in parliament, Oleksandr Zadorozhnii.

On Wednesday, in an interview with journalists, Zadorozhnii reported that the document was signed by the leaders of all majority factions, as well as the leaders of the Socialist Party and Communist Party, Oleksandr Moroz and Petro Symonenko.

"Thus, the constitutional coalition has already taken shape almost formally," Zadorozhnii emphasized.

According to him, the factions comprising more than 300 deputies recorded on paper the agreement to carry out constitutional reform.

According to the permanent representative, in the agreement it was possible to agree on almost all problematic issues except one - the model of parliamentary elections.

It is precisely in this connection that the leaders of the deputy groups "People's Power" Bohdan Hubskyi and "People's Choice" Mykola Hapochka signed the agreement with certain reservations.

The leaders of these factions insisted that the election model for parliament take into account the interests of deputies elected in majoritarian districts, Zadorozhnii noted.

According to him, positions on this issue remain uncoordinated, and next week this issue will be resolved. The permanent representative emphasized that "there is an agreement that we must do this one way or another."

The leaders of the "Our Ukraine" bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc refuse to sign the political agreement on carrying out constitutional reform in Ukraine and the legislative support for its implementation.

The document notes that the leaders of parliamentary factions and groups, on behalf of people's deputies, members of deputy factions and groups, undertake to ensure the carrying out of constitutional reform in the country.

Before the start of consideration and final adoption of amendments to the Constitution, the deputies undertake to adopt and officially publish a law on the election of people's deputies on a proportional basis according to the concept set out in the final provisions of the draft law on amendments to the Constitution (No. 4105).

The entry into force of the law on the election of people's deputies is envisaged from 2006.

In the agreement, the deputies undertake to adopt a law on elections to local self-government bodies, harmonizing the system of elections to these bodies with the electoral system established by the law on the election of people's deputies, to introduce amendments to the law on the election of the president of Ukraine, including for the purpose of coordinating the duration of parliamentary and presidential election campaigns.

The deputies undertake to adopt a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada on the election of the president of Ukraine in October 2004, and a resolution on the procedure for parliament's consideration of the draft law on introducing amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine after receiving the corresponding conclusion of the Constitutional Court.

The agreement also notes that before the completion of the fifth session of the Verkhovna Rada, the deputies undertake to adopt laws on the president of Ukraine, on the Cabinet of Ministers, to introduce amendments to the law on the Central Election Commission, to adopt a law on the formation of the state register of voters of Ukraine, and a law on the all-Ukrainian referendum.

The agreement notes that consideration of issues relating to political reform will be conducted in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The document enshrines the norm that all conflict situations arising between the political forces represented in parliament will be resolved exclusively through negotiations, without blocking the work of the Verkhovna Rada.