On April 18, the Lutsk City and District Court granted the repeated motion of candidate for the position of city mayor Volodymyr Lytvyniuk to recuse judge Valentyna Pushkarchuk. As ZIK reports, the plaintiff justified his repeated recusal by saying that he "has doubts about the judge's impartiality in deciding my case on issues of the election process." At the beginning of the hearing, the judicial panel headed by presiding judge Valentyna Pushkarchuk refused Volodymyr Lytvyniuk's motion to recuse the court panel. After that, the plaintiff filed a motion stating that he wished to hire a lawyer, but, in his opinion, the several hours allotted for this by the court were insufficient. After the court hearing resumed in the absence of the lawyer, the plaintiff filed a repeated motion to recuse the presiding judge. The court concluded that "there are no grounds for granting the filed recusal of judge Pushkarchuk V.P.," however, "in order to avoid various kinds of doubts about the objectivity of the case consideration," the plaintiff's motion was granted. The consideration of the case "Volodymyr Lytvyniuk v. TEC," in which the plaintiff asks to cancel the TEC decision, declare the mayoral election invalid, and hold repeat elections, is scheduled for April 19 at 15:00. The case will be considered by judge Liudmyla Veremchuk.