The Volyn branch of the CVU welcomes the desire to learn about voters' attitudes regarding various issues of socio-political and socio-economic life in the region. Such surveys provide an opportunity to realistically determine the development needs of the region and to identify directions for their work both by public organizations and by government bodies or political parties. The importance of various types of surveys, public hearings, focus groups and other methods of conducting such research is beyond doubt.
However, it should be noted that sometimes some organizations conduct surveys not for the purpose of determining the real state of problems or voters' views on certain events in socio-political life, but for the purpose of imposing certain information beneficial to themselves, while manipulating voters' opinions and hiding behind public opinion.
Recently, a public opinion survey conducted by a so-called public committee of voters appeared. Moreover, the interviewers who conducted this survey do not know, or do not want to report, what this committee is, where it is located and who heads it.
In connection with numerous appeals to members of the Volyn branch of the CVU regarding whether we conducted this sociological survey, the Volyn branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine officially declares that recently it has not conducted a mass public opinion survey and has no relation whatsoever to the so-called public committee of voters.
The Volyn branch of the CVU calls on political parties, government bodies, and public organizations not to conduct public opinion surveys aimed at manipulating voters' opinions and to ensure the conduct of a transparent, honest, democratic election campaign.