The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine should submit to the Constitutional Court an updated bill on amendments to the fundamental law regarding the judicial reform by the end of the current session, leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Yuriy Lutsenko has said.

"We believe and so the People's Front think that we need to send again to the Constitutional Court by 226 votes the drafted text that will involve changes - the right of parliament to pass the vote of no confidence in the prosecutor general; and to obtain a conclusion of the Constitutional Court during this session. I emphasize: this session," he told reporters in the foyer of the parliament on Tuesday.

According to the politician, the Petro Poroshenko Block faction and the People's Front faction on Monday held consultations, where the People's Front has expressed its readiness to support the bill on amendments to the fundamental law concerning the judicial reform.

Lutsenko said that they need to obtain a conclusion of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine with regard to these changes, after which the Verkhovna Rada should preliminary approve the bill by 226 votes during the current session, so that at the next session the amendments could be finally passed by a constitutional majority of 300 votes.

According to the schedule, the last plenary week of the current session will be held on January 25-29, 2016, and the closing of the third session of the Verkhovna Rada of the 8th convocation will be held on February 2. On the same day, the opening of the 4th session is schedules.

As reported, on November 25, 2015, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the bill on the amendments into the Constitution concerning the justice system (No. 3524).

On December 22, the parliament sent the bill to the Constitutional Court to decide on its compliance to Articles 157 and 158 of the fundamental law.