Article 58 of the Law of Ukraine "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2004" instructs the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to approve the procedure for providing subventions from the state budget to local budgets for implementing measures to prevent accidents and prevent man-made disasters in the housing and communal services sector and at other emergency facilities of communal ownership, and subventions from the state budget to local budgets for implementing investment projects on the terms of co-financing from local budgets and their distribution by facilities based on proposals of people's deputies of Ukraine. For these purposes, a total of 800 million UAH is envisaged to be allocated from the state budget, respectively 400 million hryvnias for each item. In December 2003, the Lutsk city administration agreed with the State Committee for Housing and Communal Services on a list of facilities for preventing accidents and preventing man-made disasters at housing and communal services facilities in the city of Lutsk for a total amount of 4,159 thousand UAH. The list includes the following facilities: reconstruction of sewage treatment facilities for the city of Lutsk — 2,488 thousand UAH, replacement of emergency elements of the contact network in the city of Lutsk — 100 thousand UAH, restoration of emergency load-bearing structures of residential buildings on Sobornosti Avenue, 8 — 1,450 thousand UAH, Hulaka Artemovskoho Street, 3 — 32 thousand UAH, Hrushevskoho Avenue, 4a — 66 thousand UAH, Hrushevskoho Avenue, 19 — 23 thousand UAH. As for subventions for the implementation of investment projects, which are formed on the basis of proposals by people's deputies, back in October of last year, during the consideration of the draft budget, people's deputy Volodymyr Bondar submitted proposals to the budget committee of the Verkhovna Rada and to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. It was proposed to allocate funds for the reconstruction of the drinking water purification system in the city of Lutsk — 500 thousand UAH, the reconstruction of a military town in the Harazdzha tract of Lutsk district to house a regional medical anti-tuberculosis association on its basis, the reconstruction of the "Avangard" stadium — 200 thousand UAH. However, to this day, the corresponding administrative document on the allocation of funds for these needs has not been issued by the Cabinet of Ministers. In response to official inquiries from the people's deputy, the Cabinet of Ministers replies with phrases like "the issue of directing funds is being considered in accordance with the established procedure, based on real financial capabilities," etc. Meanwhile, the problem of centralized capital investments in the Horokhiv and Manevychi electoral districts has already been resolved positively. This is spoken about only in the corridors, since Resolutions No. 509 and No. 510 of April 19 of this year, which regulate the procedure for making capital investments and the list of corresponding facilities, were adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers under the heading "Not for publication," thereby violating the requirement of the Budget Code of Ukraine regarding the transparency of budget formation and the use of its funds. In the same corridors, the reason for the delay is pointed out — the "incorrect" political orientation of the people's deputy from the city of Lutsk, in particular, his membership in the "Our Ukraine" faction. Last year, thanks to the insistence of members of the budget committee of the Verkhovna Rada, it was possible to find a reasonable compromise regarding the fair distribution of state capital expenditures across its regions. The entire amount of expenditures from the state treasury (450 million UAH) was divided by the number of electoral districts, which, as is known, are formed in proportion to the number of voters. Each deputy submitted proposals for financing capital expenditures from the state budget in the amount of 1 million UAH, and each region received financing in accordance with the size of its population and its contribution to the nationwide treasury. Thus, according to the proposals of people's deputy Volodymyr Bondar, last year it was possible to partially finance the reconstruction of the maternity hospital, the city hospital, the regional hospital for invalids, and the historical and cultural reserve. This year, the government has departed from the principle of fair and transparent distribution of state budget funds, which analysts directly link to preparations for the presidential elections. In total, about 2.4 billion UAH is envisaged to be allocated from the state treasury for capital investments. Of this, a significant portion remains in Kyiv: for the reconstruction of the Mariinsky Palace and the medical building of "Feofaniya" — 40 million UAH, the construction of administrative buildings to house state authorities — 125.5 million UAH, the reconstruction of the club building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine — 16 million UAH. However, the lion's share of capital investments is directed to the Kharkiv-Donetsk region. In particular, the state budget envisages expenditures for the construction of subways in the cities of: Dnipropetrovsk (5 million UAH), Donetsk (6 million UAH), Kharkiv (5 million UAH). Subventions are directed, in addition to the above, to Kharkiv — for eliminating the consequences of the accident at treatment facilities (26 million UAH) and the reconstruction of the former Derzhprom building — 5 million UAH, to Dnipropetrovsk — for the construction of a two-level bridge across the Dnipro — 10 million UAH, to Donetsk region — for the restoration of architectural monuments — 5 million UAH. For the purchase of equipment, reconstruction of coal enterprises and construction of hydrological structures in the Donetsk coal basin, it is planned to allocate about 670 (!) million hryvnias. Lutsk city mayor Anton Kryvytskyi and people's deputy from Lutsk Volodymyr Bondar understand the needs of the industrial East of Ukraine, but its economic potential should not negate the interests of other regions of Ukraine, Volyn and its regional center — in particular. Moreover, it is impermissible to allow problems of emergency situations and man-made disasters to be used as a bargaining chip in political games on the eve of elections. By violating the principle of fair distribution of state budget expenditures, the Cabinet of Ministers violates the constitutional rights of Ukrainian citizens, since it denies their equality before the law by giving advantages on a territorial basis or on the basis of the political sympathies of voters. Every official must clearly distinguish between their own interests and the interests of the people on whose behalf and for whom they work, and the interests of the community must always take priority over political calculations. An example of a clear separation of the interests of the voters of the city of Lutsk from their own political sympathies is demonstrated by the city mayor, member of the SDPU(o) Anton Kryvytskyi and people's deputy, member of the "Our Ukraine" faction Volodymyr Bondar, who agreed on joint coordination of efforts to resolve the problem of directing state centralized capital investments to the regional center of Volyn.