Ukraine parliament to hold session on crisis, poll

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament agreed to examine measures Friday to offset the effects of the world financial crisis and funding for an early election.

Adoption of anti-crisis measures drafted by the government would move Ukraine a step further towards securing a credit from the International Monetary Fund which government officials say could be as much as $14 billion.

"Let's work tomorrow with a view to results in adopting this draft legislation," Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the chamber.

"Failure to achieve results could cost the Ukrainian economy dear. The form in which these pieces of legislation is passed is another matter. The key thing is to pass them.

The decision follows three days of rows over the agenda.

Supporters of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who opposes an early election called by Ukraine's president, had disrupted sittings to denounce any attempt to approve poll financing.

Members of Tymoshenko's bloc had milled about the speaker's chair, curtailing debate for the third straight day.

Tymoshenko has been at odds for months with President Viktor Yushchenko, once her ally in the 2004 "Orange Revolution."

The president dissolved parliament this month and called a December 7 election to the assembly after saying Tymoshenko's excessive ambition had torpedoed an "orange" government team.