MPs from opposition factions in the Ukrainian parliament will insist on the adoption of a new law on languages, Batkivschyna faction deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky has said.

"This law was written and prepared by other deputies. This is the result of the work of the previous parliament and MPs. Serhiy Holovaty made enormous contribution [to drafting the document]. We just worked out the version that was prepared for submission to parliament," he said at a press conference on Wednesday.

He said that the co-authors of a bill on language policy were opposition deputies Yavorivsky, Maria Matios (UDAR faction), Iryna Farion (Svoboda faction) and Volodymyr Bondarenko (Batkivschyna faction).

He said that members of the three opposition factions – Svoboda, UDAR and Batkivschyna – had joined the preparation of a respective document, which was drafted in the previous parliament.

Yavorivsky said that the final text of the bill will be completed in the near future, but "it's unnecessary to hurry" with its consideration.

He said that opposition members would vote for this bill.

"We are ready to accept some amendments [that could be introduced by deputies from other factions], but the Ukrainian language should be the only official language in Ukraine," Yavorivsky said.

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, passed the bill on the principles of the state language policy initiated by the Regions Party on July 3, 2012.

On August 8, 2012 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the bill into law and instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to form a working group for the development of proposals to improve language legislation in Ukraine.

The law took effect on August 10. According to it, a language may be provided with the status of a regional language if the percentage of people considering it their native language exceeds 10% of the total population of the region.