Baloha, a people's deputy of Ukraine and simultaneously the leader of the regional representation of Viktor Yushchenko's election bloc "Our Ukraine," filed a statement of protest with the Mukachevo city court against the decision of the Mukachevo territorial election commission, which on March 8, 2004 refused to register him as a candidate for mayor of Mukachevo. \n \nAs "Oglyadach" reports, according to the current election legislation of Ukraine, the court is obliged to issue a verdict in this case within three days from the day the statement was filed. \n \nAccording to information received from the press service of the regional election bloc of Viktor Yushchenko "Our Ukraine," the Mukachevo TEC justified its decision by the fact that, according to the results of the elections in March 2002, Viktor Baloha was simultaneously elected mayor of Mukachevo and a people's deputy of Ukraine, and he gave preference to work in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Since the elections that took place on June 29, 2003 were recognized as illegitimate, re-elections of the Mukachevo city head will be held on April 18, 2004. And Viktor Baloha cannot participate in the upcoming elections, since he voluntarily renounced this position. \n