Not only residents of Lutsk, but also residents of Novovolynsk, Rozhyshche, Starovyzhivka and Shatsk districts this Sunday took part in a small rally on Teatralnyi Square in Lutsk — the first action dedicated to the consequences of the orange revolution in a series of planned ones.

And that such actions will continue in the future was promised in his speech by their main organizer, the head of the regional organization of the URP "Sobor" Hennadii Kozhevnykov. The main content of his speech was a story about the improper and illegal, in his opinion, actions of employees of the regional prosecutor's office, which was recently picketed by members of the URP "Sobor" and the youth organization "Young 'Sobor'" with demands for the resignation of the regional prosecutor, his deputies, and the prosecutor of Lutsk. Mr. Hennadii read out a letter, according to him, from a group of the public of Starovyzhivka district to the People's Deputy of Ukraine Anatolii Matviienko, in which the "sins" of the possible new head of the Starovyzhivka district state administration Mykola Blashchuk are exposed (the accusations against whom the court dismissed back in 2000), and also highlighted the atmosphere that exists at Lutsk Technical University, in particular, the actions of its rector, the former trusted person of Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Bozhydarnyk.

The pathos of the speeches of the leaders of the URP "Sobor" organizations, as well as several public organizations — Volodymyr Myhas and Yevhen Klindukhov from Novovolynsk, Petro Ivaniuk from Rozhyshche, Vitalii Demchyshyn and Mykola Nikitiuk from Lutsk, the head of the UNP cell Yaroslav Peryk from Harazdzha of Lutsk district and others (their speeches were accompanied by drumming) — were demands for the resignation of the mayor of Novovolynsk Viktor Sapozhnikov, disagreement with the appointments of heads of district state administrations in Starovyzhivka, Shatsk, Rozhyshche, Liubeshiv, and Ivanychi districts. One got the impression that the speakers were increasingly inflaming themselves, because one of them went so far as to start threatening that they would "sweep away the new head of the regional state administration Bondar, just as they swept away Klymchuk and Frantsuz," for some reason very quickly forgetting that it was precisely the opposition forces from "Our Ukraine," led in our region by Volodymyr Bondar, that fought really and actively against the regime which in Volyn was personified by the same Frantsuz. Until the next speaker, the head of the public organization for consumer rights protection Stepan Havryliuk, had to reason with his enterprising colleagues, reminding them that Volodymyr Bondar has been working in his position for even less than 40 days, and in general, in the first hundred days in the civilized world no claims are made against the authorities.

The newspaper "Volyn" and our own correspondent Alla Lisova also got it for covering the recent rally in the mining town. Obviously, the speakers want only to be praised and for everyone to think the way they do.

At the end of the rally, Hennadii Kozhevnykov spoke in support of "Volyn," reminding that during the presidential campaign the newspaper published objective materials, the course of this campaign, about the opposition, and that it was precisely the former authorities who tried to close the newspaper. Mr. Hennadii spoke out against attacks on "Volyn" by the regional organization of the KUN and advised this organization to get rid of such a member as Vitalii Melnyk, who, in his opinion (let us note, and not only in his opinion), compromises with his actions such a party as the KUN.

The speakers emphasized that they have nothing against President Viktor Yushchenko, warned against the penetration into the new government of representatives of the old generation, against the return to power of the Party of Regions and the SDPU(o), against "rocking the Ukrainian boat." Hennadii Kozhevnykov at the end promised that the rally is "only the first spring swallow."

The demands of the rally participants were reflected in the adopted resolution.

Volodymyr LYS