\n \nStatement of the Volyn Representation of the "Our Ukraine" Bloc regarding the state of ensuring civil rights and freedoms in the region \n \n \n \nThe level of ensuring basic democratic values: freedom of speech, the right to freely express opinions, the right to peaceful assembly, etc.

Delegates of the Volyn public forum "For Constitutional Reform," which took place today in Lutsk, did not support the constitutional reform proposed by President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.

During the campaign "A People's President for Ukraine!" as of December 10, over 104 thousand signatures had been collected in Volyn in favor of preserving the right to elect the President of Ukraine by popular vote.

The budget of the Government for 2004, adopted by the votes of the parliamentary majority, will be remembered by the citizens of Ukraine not only for the reduction of the minimum wage from 237 to 205 UAH.

"If we draw parallels between the Russian and Ukrainian political classes, we must acknowledge that our state lags behind Russia in political development. In Ukraine, post-Soviet leaders remain in power. Our head of state is in fact still a factory director.

The campaign "A People's President for Ukraine!" conducted by the "Our Ukraine" bloc continues in Volyn. \n \nas reported from the regional headquarters of "Our Ukraine," as of 12 o'clock on December 5, 77,882 signatures have been collected in Volyn, including 21,645 in Lutsk.

For two days, the well-known diplomat, former Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania and the USA, Anton Buteiko, was in his "small homeland" - Volyn.

At today's press conference held in Lutsk by members of the budget committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, people's deputies Yevhen Kyryllchuk (BеT) and Borys Zahreva ("Our Ukraine"), sharp criticism was expressed regarding the adopted State Budget for 2004 and the influence of the Cabinet of Ministers on its…

as reported from the regional headquarters of "Our Ukraine," as of 13:00 on November 28, 49,911 signatures had been collected in Volyn, including 15,947 in Lutsk. 2,547 people expressed a desire to voluntarily join the activities of the bloc, 621 of whom live in the regional center.

Today in Lutsk, outside the walls of the Volyn Regional State Administration, a protest rally was held against the reduction of the minimum wage level from 237 to 205 hryvnias, organized by the regional organizations of "Our Ukraine," the CPU, the SPU, and "Batkivshchyna.