On June 21, a press conference of leaders of youth organizations of Volyn was held at the "Lutsk is European" press club, the main thesis of which was the statement: "A law is needed, not a revolutionary necessity," reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.
The leaders of the Volyn Regional Committee of Youth Organizations Oleksandr Hil, of the studying youth organization "Zarevo" Yurii Tertychnyi, and of the Young Movement of Volyn Andrii Mykhalchuk refuted the notion that their statement against the actions of the head of the Regional State Administration was one that supports the regional prosecutor. In particular, Oleksandr Hil said: "The authorities want to shift the emphasis. That is, those problems in the economy (rising food prices, the 'gasoline crisis,' pressure on entrepreneurs, failure to fulfill the budget for the 1st quarter of 2005, etc.) that currently exist in Volyn cannot simply be eliminated just like that. The situation with the prosecutor was spun up in order to divert the population's attention from these problems."
"I have known Volodymyr Nalkovych for a very long time – since 1994, we were together with him in various youth public organizations, and since 2001 we have found ourselves on opposite sides of the barricades not only in politics, but, first and foremost, in youth public life. If many people were struck by the methods of work of our head of the Regional State Administration, then I will say that the manners of a tyrant, the manners of a leader-cult had been in him for a very long time. What struck us was something else – how can he treat journalists like that? Is that his star status, or what? Or his attitude toward entrepreneurs – shouting at them and declaring that they are betraying the villagers?" notes Oleksandr Hil.
The youth leaders are surprised that Volodymyr Bondar is so principled on the matter of the prosecutor's office, but when it comes to the shady dealings of the management of "Volynlis," the activities of the deputies of the head of the Regional State Administration, then this principledness disappears somewhere. Especially when the issue of setting up tents with slogans against the regional prosecutor, by youth organizations supposedly independent of the Volyn governor, is decided at a meeting of political parties under the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration.
Such methods in the activities of the leadership of the Volyn Regional State Administration are already causing concern among the public. And the question arises as to what may happen in the next elections in 2006. The youth leaders note that such open administrative pressure did not occur under Volodymyr Bondar's predecessors in the position of head of the Regional State Administration.
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