Summary
In a fast-moving day that aimed to reshape Ukraine's political destiny, protest leaders and the beleaguered president agreed Friday to form a new government and hold an early election. Parliament slashed the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych and voted to free his rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, from prison.It was a crucial shift in Ukraine's monthslong standoff between Yanukovych and protesters angry that he abandoned closer ties with Europe in favor of a bailout deal with longtime ruler Russia.
Protesters booed opposition figures who took to a stage Friday evening to present the deal.
Many protesters say December is too late; they want Yanukovych out immediately.
Hours after the deal was signed, Ukraine's Parliament voted to restore the 2004 constitution that limits presidential authority, clawing back some of the powers that Yanukovych had pushed through for himself after being elected in 2010 .
With Yanukovych's supporters quitting his party one after another throughout the day Friday, legislators also approved an amnesty for protesters involved in violence.
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