The faction of the Yulia Tymoshenko’s Bloc has left the chamber of parliament to hold an urgent session concerning the situation in the Verkhovna Rada.

BYuT MP Andriy Shkil has disclosed this to UNIAN.

He noted that after the session, the faction leadership will make a statement about the work of the Verkhovna Rada.

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According to him, the matter concerns the recent statements by the Presidential Secretariat, and the consideration of the draft law on restricting privileges of Ukrainian lawmakers.

A.Shkil stressed that the BYuT faction insist that the parliament should immediately consider the draft law on restricting privileges of lawmakers, however, the parliament has been busy with considering other issues.

At the same time, the Verkhovna Rada session continues.

At present, lawmakers are considering draft Law “On the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine” in the second reading.