On Thursday, October 14, a general meeting of the staff of the Lutsk Automobile Plant took place, at which an appeal was adopted to the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Industrial Policy, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy, and the Prosecutor General's Office regarding "the situation developing around Ukraine's automotive industry."\nAs noted in the appeal, "the staff of the Lutsk Automobile Plant is deeply concerned by the situation developing around Ukraine's automotive industry." The appeal notes that initially, by Decree No. 1132/2003 of October 1, 2003, the President suspended the investment program of the Lutsk Automobile Plant, citing the need to bring it into compliance with current legislation and WTO requirements. Some time later, the Law of Ukraine "On the Development of the Automotive Industry of Ukraine" was adopted, which "deliberately creates unequal conditions for the development of automobile plants." And all appeals by the LuAZ staff to the President "ended with brush-off replies from the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and references to the need to revise the investment program in accordance with the new Law."\n"The decision adopted on October 8, 2004 by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approving the investment program of the Kremenchuk automobile assembly plant in accordance with the old Law of Ukraine 'On Stimulating the Production of Automobiles in Ukraine' has alarmed the entire staff of our enterprise. Did you not confirm by your Decree that this Law does not meet WTO requirements? How then should the Cabinet of Ministers' decision be regarded? Could it be a case of banal corruption in government structures, where money can push through any decision, even if it directly contradicts a Presidential Decree? In any case, we believe that this should become the subject of a detailed investigation by the prosecutor's authorities," the appeal says.\nThe LuAZ staff regards this fact as "unambiguous discrimination against the enterprise" and expresses "indignation at the double standards of state support in the Ukrainian automotive industry." The staff also emphasizes the "real prospect of the plant's liquidation" and the "threat of unemployment for thousands of workers" under the conditions of a "policy of double standards, deception and threats toward OJSC 'Lutsk Automobile Plant.'"\nThe staff appeals to the President with a request to "create equal conditions for the development of the entire industry" and to cancel the Decree "blocking the investment program of the Lutsk Automobile Plant."\n The appeal was signed on behalf of the staff by plant director Ivan Hrytsanchuk and trade union committee chairman Vitaliy Predmirskyi.\n\nReference: OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant"  a major Ukrainian manufacturer of automobiles for various purposes, which is among the three largest Ukrainian automobile manufacturers by gross profit. The basis of the plant's products consists of VAZ, UAZ, and IZh automobiles. In the near future, it is planned to begin serial production of light trucks and the company's own LuAZ-1301 automobile.\n81.11% of the shares of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant" are owned by the Ukrprominvest concern, which is associated with the name of Petro Poroshenko.