On March 13, a meeting was held between the head of the regional council, Vasyl Dmytruk, and representatives of political party branches in Volyn. The meeting was attended, in particular, by representatives of 26 political parties of the region: NDP, the Party of Solidarity of Women of Ukraine, CPU, SPU, SDPU, SDPU(o), UNP, NRU, PRP, UBatkivshchynaF, the Party of Regions of Ukraine, URP USoborF, DemSoyuz, DemPU, PPPU, PP UTrudova UkrainaF, LPU, LPU(o), UYablukoF, SelPU, the Ukrainian Party of Justice SVICHA, APU, NERU, UWomen for the FutureF, the Union UChernobyl-UkraineF, URussian BlocF. At the meeting, Vasyl Dmytruk informed those present about the activities of the Volyn Regional Council after the 2002 elections. Also, the present leaders of political parties exchanged views on the course of political reform in Ukraine and the adoption of the law UOn ElectionsE on a proportional basis. All those present agreed that elections on a proportional basis should also be carried out to local councils of all levels, and the passing threshold should be 5-7% for political parties and 10-12% for blocs. Vasyl Dmytruk also expressed his conviction that the current course of political reform does not take into account the interests of the regions. Deputy head of the regional organization of the NDP, Fedir Koshel, expressed his conviction that heads of local administrations (regional and district) should be elected by the population, and the initiative for political reform should come from below. Also at the meeting, an agreement was reached on the creation of a consultative council under the Volyn Regional Council consisting of representatives of the region's political parties. It was decided to convene the council no less than once a quarter. Vasyl Pavlovych Dmytruk was elected head of the consultative council.