On November 26, the first campaign leaflets of Yevhen Melnyk, nominated as a candidate for the post of Lutsk city mayor in the 2006 elections by the Ukrainian People's Party, appeared on all power poles in Lutsk. The leaflets feature the slogan "Clean city – clean government!" This was reported by the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.
Yevhen Melnyk is the first publicly announced candidate for the post of Lutsk mayor. He is a well-known doctor in Volyn, a successful entrepreneur, and a member of the UNP. On November 1, he was nominated by the leadership of the Lutsk city organization of the UNP.
According to information from political party cells in Lutsk, no fewer than 15 people wish to compete for the mayor's seat of the Volyn regional center in the 2006 elections.
According to unconfirmed data, this year at least two women will run for this post. This is a novelty for the city: over the past four mayoral elections, not a single representative of the fair sex has risked competing for this post.