Ukraine will hold early parliamentary elections with no conditions, to establish an honest, constitutional and legal government, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Saturday.

Yushchenko made the remarks at a rally in a central Kiev square, which drew together tens of thousands of his supporters.

The president said the only way to resolve Ukraine's current political crisis is to hold early parliamentary elections on an honest and democratic basis, which will help the country restore political order and eliminate corruption.

Yushchenko said he will soon announce decisions that will guarantee the elections take place "in a calm and appropriate manner." But the president did not say what measures he will take.

Yushchenko also said that the constitution should be revised and brought to voters for approval in a referendum.

Earlier Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich urged renewed talks with Yushchenko on early parliamentary elections, but said that the decision must be reached through political negotiations, and not be forced by Yushchenko's presidential decree.

Yushchenko originally issued an order on April 2 to dissolve parliament and hold early elections on May 27. Yanukovich and his ruling coalition in the parliament defied the order and appealed to the 18-judge Constitutional Court.

Yushchenko announced a new decree on Wednesday, which postpones the May 27 elections to June 24, while the parliament on Thursday voted against the new order and condemned it as an illegal announcement.

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday opened a hearing on the legality of the president's order, but due to the wide divergence of opinion between the two opposing camps the court found it hard to deliver a prompt ruling, said Chief Judge Ivan Dombrovsky.

The current political turmoil in Ukraine emerged last month when 11 lawmakers from pro-presidential factions defected to PrimeMinister Yanukovich's ruling coalition.

Yushchenko called the defection illegal, saying the law permits only blocs, not individual lawmakers, to switch sides.

Both sides have agreed to abide by whatever the court rules.