On May 24, at a session of the Volyn Regional Council, the council chairman Anatoliy Hrytsiuk announced that factions would operate in the council - UNP, BYuT, "Our Ukraine," SPU, Party of Regions, "Ridna Volyn," and the Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn. \nIn the first half of the day, the deputies discussed issues of the secret voting procedure, storage, and disposal of ballot papers. \n \nBy secret ballot, former people's deputy Borys Zahreva (UNP) was elected deputy chairman of the Volyn Regional Council. \n \nDuring the session meeting, deputies from five factions ("Our Ukraine," Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn, SPU, PR, Bloc of Borys Klimchuk) made an official statement. They fundamentally did not participate in the voting for the second deputy chairman of the council. \n \nThe deputies explain their position by the fact that the position of second deputy is not provided for by current legislation on local self-government. \n \nVolodymyr Banada was proposed for the position of deputy; he was elected from the "Our Ukraine" bloc but votes for decisions lobbied by BYuT. \n \nIn addition, deputies Karpomys and Bashchuk officially left the "Our Ukraine" faction. \n