On May 12, the first session of the Volyn Regional Council of the V democratic convocation opened unconventionally. At the demand of some deputies, it is being chaired by the head of the TEC Mykola Yevtushyn, rather than the previous council head, as had been the case for three convocations in a row. 79 deputies out of 80 elected are present at the session.
The deputies seated themselves arbitrarily in the session hall, although on the eve most deputies (BYuT and UNB Kostenko-Plyushch) had agreed on alphabetical order. The deputies' attempt to traditionally elect a presidium headed by the chairman of the IV convocation council, Vasyl Dmytruk, proved futile, since current legislation is interpreted rather loosely. In this situation, Vasyl Dmytruk himself declined the proposal to chair the session.
Mykola Yevtushyn read out the TEC report on the elections of regional council deputies, which those present took note of.
The first half of the session day was in fact devoted to the question of whether the deputies would sit in alphabetical order or by factional affiliation. Eventually the majority, 61 of the 79 present in the hall, supported the second proposal.
The first vote became possible only when the deputies supplemented the current rules of procedure with a phrase about the possibility of roll-call voting using deputy identification cards. The members of the regional election commission took on the functions of the counting commission.
The majority refused to announce a recess to set up the electronic voting system. However, at the demand of one third of the deputies, on the initiative of the "Our Ukraine" faction (18 deputies), a recess was announced, after which the deputies will take their seats by factional affiliation.