On Thursday, November 4, 2004, the head of Viktor Yushchenko's election headquarters in the Volyn region, Volodymyr Bondar, held a press conference for local media about instances of violations of election legislation on voting day and during the campaign period. The most significant violation, in his opinion, was the "falsification" of the voter list, as a result of which 10-15% of Volyn voters were unable to vote. Volodymyr Bondar could not name the specific individuals behind such "falsification." However, according to him, "all those guilty will be punished in accordance with the criminal legislation of Ukraine." The next violation, according to Volodymyr Bondar, was pressure on voters, observers and members of precinct election commissions exerted by officials of state authorities. In particular, among such officials were named the deputy head of the internal policy department of the Lyubeshiv district state administration, Budko O.S., the head of the department for family and youth affairs of one of the district state administrations, Trush M.M., and the head of the Stara Vyzhivka district state administration, Volodymyr Haiduk. And also in the Stara Vyzhivka district, people went around villages under the pretext of providing gas to homes, but in reality called for voting for the "single one." Moreover, noting that if Yanukovych does not become president, there will be no gas either. A special place among the violations is occupied by the plying of voters with alcohol on voting day. As Volodymyr Bondar stated, in the Lyubeshiv district, citizen Sinchuk V.H. treated everyone willing in the village to horilka and campaigned for Yanukovych. Also in Volyn, the following violations were recorded: the presence of officials of executive authorities at polling stations, failure to comply with the number of ballot boxes, bribery of voters, removal of a ballot outside the polling station for the purpose of selling a vote, absence of signatures of precinct election commission members on ballots, as a result of which the ballot is considered invalid, and others. But the "hit" of violations is the participation of the church in campaigning for one of the candidates (it is not hard to guess which one). In particular, in the Stara Vyzhivka and Ratne districts, clergy of the UOC MP repeatedly campaigned for Yanukovych, including on voting day. And in the village of Khrypsk in the Shatsk district, a clergyman campaigned for Yanukovych during a funeral!!! Comments, as they say, are unnecessary. Volodymyr Bondar also reported that if he has offended anyone's honor and dignity among the above-listed persons, he is ready to defend his words in court. Overall, as he stated, Yanukovych won in Volyn only at "closed" polling stations, which in his opinion indicates that "convicts and the mentally ill consciously made their choice by voting for 'their own.'" He also noted that the parallel vote count conducted by Yushchenko's headquarters in Volyn fully coincides with the data officially published by territorial election commissions within the region. Thus, 76.9 percent of voters in Volyn cast their votes for Yushchenko, and 10.4 percent for Yanukovych.