“Among the western regions of Ukraine, the Party of Regions places its greatest hope on Volyn. We have a firm intention to gain 10 percent of the votes,” Petro Pron, head of the party’s regional election headquarters, said during a press conference on January 17. \n \n“We are forming lists of our candidates not only for the regional council but also for all city and district councils. I can state with confidence that after the elections on March 26, 2006, we will form our factions in all city and district councils without exception,” said Anatoliy Horbatiuk, head of the Party of Regions in Volyn. \n \nAccording to him, the systemic crisis of the “orange” government is leading to growing disappointment among the masses. In Volyn, this has led to people coming on their own and writing applications to join the Party of Regions. Over the past six months, the party’s membership in Volyn has almost doubled and today numbers more than 5 thousand members. \n