Today, the election headquarters of candidate for regional council deputy Bohdan Shyba held a press conference at which it expressed its indignation at the "administrative pressure on the course of the election campaign in Turiisk district." \nAs stated by the head of the election headquarters of the candidate from "Our Ukraine" Bohdan Shyba, Oleksandr Martyniuk, "administrative pressure on the course of the election campaign goes beyond all possible bounds of both legislation and, ultimately, common sense." \nSpeaking of facts, Oleksandr Ivanovych stated that the printed material "Time to come to your senses, buddy!" which was published last Thursday in three Volyn newspapers ("Volyn," "Viche," "Dosvitnia zoria") and in the Turiisk district newspaper and contained negative information about the candidate for the regional council Bohdan Shyba, violates election legislation in its form and mechanism of distribution. The point is that the author of this material is Haikivskyi village head Anatolii Zholob, who is, accordingly, an official of a local self-government body. The Law "On Elections of Deputies of Local Councils, City, Settlement, and Village Heads" in paragraph 2 of Article 36 prohibits participation in the election campaign, in particular in campaigning, by local self-government officials. Therefore, according to Oleksandr Martyniuk, the authorship of this material and its very appearance constitute a gross violation of election legislation on the part of Mr. Zholob. \n"We respond to these things. In particular, a complaint was filed with the territorial election commission regarding the violation by Mr. Zholob. There was a submission to the prosecutor of Volyn oblast from people's deputy Volodymyr Bondar regarding the same violation, there was a submission from the authorized representative of our candidate to the district prosecutor's office. So far we are not aware of the reaction of law enforcement agencies. The election commission adopted a rather 'soft' and loyal decision that, obviously, it is necessary to appeal to the regional council, which, in turn, should appeal to the Haikivskyi village head Mr. Zholob, and, roughly speaking, wag a finger at him: 'Anatolii Fedorovych, don't do that anymore, because that's not allowed.' We believe that this decision is rather 'soft,' but let it be on the conscience of the election commission, we have no claims, from a formal point of view, to its work and will await the reaction of law enforcement agencies on this matter and on the consequences of other facts," says Oleksandr Martyniuk. \nOleksandr Martyniuk also stated that "the distribution of the material 'Time to come to your senses, buddy!' and materials that will appear tomorrow in regional publications and, possibly, district ones, is being handled by the regional state administration and personally by the deputy head of the regional state administration Mr. Stepan Rodych, which can unambiguously be interpreted within the same article of the law 'On Elections of Deputies of Local Councils.'" \nAmong other violations, it was mentioned that the head of the education department of the Turiisk district state administration, Mykhailo Volodymyrovych Panasiuk, who is also an official and also has no right to participate in such events, actively participates in meetings and gatherings with voters. Also, Bohdan Shyba's election headquarters has information that during trips around the district, the candidate supported by the authorities — Dziamylych Ivan Vasylovych, who heads the education department of the regional state administration — uses official transport. \nAlso during the press conference it was noted that the headquarters has information that "in many, if not all, populated areas of Turiisk district, 'interviews' are being held between teachers and school principals and parents of students in order to persuade them to vote exclusively for one person, for the same 'candidate from the authorities.'" \nStepan Rodych, deputy head of the regional state administration, who was accused of "centralized distribution of critical materials directed at Bohdan Shyba," commented on this statement as follows: "They can say whatever they want about us. I am used to such publications from the so-called opposition in the person of Mr. Bondar and Co. I don't even want to sue them — that would be too great an honor for them." \nA comment from Ivan Dziamylych, unfortunately, could not be obtained. As reported in his reception office, he will be at his workplace after February 8, that is, after the day of elections to the regional council. \n