On August 17, near the building of the Novovolynsk City Council, the political bloc "Power of the People" initiated the "Maidan-2" action and set up a tent camp with the main demand being the resignation of city mayor Viktor Sapozhnykov, the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent reported on August 18. \n \nThe head of the Novovolynsk coalition "Power of the People," Fedir Sviderskyi, explains the emergence of "Maidan-2" by several reasons. Firstly, the city mayor did not carry out any personnel changes, and officials signed up with the NSNU and "Batkivshchyna" and declare: "We are the party of power!" Secondly, the city mayor launched a campaign to fight the opposition, and almost all local media work only for Viktor Sapozhnykov, not providing an opportunity for his opponents to speak. Thirdly, in the free economic zone Novovolynsk-Zhovtneve, the equipment of several factories and mines has effectively been stolen. \n \nIn addition, the coalition "Power of the People" appealed to the heads of the Volyn Regional Council Vasyl Dmytruk and the Regional State Administration Volodymyr Bondar, and the prosecutor of the Volyn region with a statement where, in particular, it demands: immediately stop the illegal construction of a super-powerful woodworking plant being carried out near a residential area; clarify all the circumstances of the privatization and destruction of OJSC "Osnastka," "Notex," the repair and mechanical plant, and the hasty closure of mines; urgently bring to criminal liability all those guilty of embezzling enterprises and return the money to defrauded shareholders; stop the oppression of democratic freedoms in Novovolynsk. \n \nIn Novovolynsk, the "Maidan-2" action continues under the slogan "Novovolynsk without Sapozhnykov." \n \nZIK reference. \n \nFedir Sviderskyi was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the first (democratic) convocation, an active member of the parliamentary group "People's Council" alongside Vyacheslav Chornovil, Levko Lukyanenko and others. During the "Orange Revolution" he was an active participant. \n