An regional conference of the People's Agrarian Party of Ukraine (NAPU) took place in Lutsk. Its delegates were members of this party from all districts of the region. As the head of the regional organization of the People's Agrarian Party, Halyna Yakymchuk, noted, this is the first stage of the conference; its continuation will be after the extraordinary VII congress of the party, which will take place in Kyiv.
The conference participants elected delegates to the congress from among their fellow party members. This is what they voted for, granting their colleagues the authority to represent Volyn residents from the People's Agrarian Party at the congress.
Speaking before those present, telling about the situation in the party, the position of its leader – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn, and the activity of the agrarian faction in the Verkhovna Rada in the current period – was People's Deputy, member of the party's political executive committee Kateryna Vashchuk. She, in particular, noted that at the upcoming VII extraordinary congress the issue of changing its name is to be decided. There is a proposal to name the party People's without the word agrarian. This is to be decided by the congress.
The head of the regional organization of the People's Agrarian Party, Halyna Yakymchuk, addressed those present with a request, due to health problems, to relieve her of the duties of head and put forward a proposal to elect Kateryna Vashchuk to this position.
The conference participants voted for this proposal. So from now on, People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of the political executive committee of the People's Agrarian Party Kateryna Vashchuk will head the regional organization. She thanked her fellow party members for their trust, emphasizing that in the future, although the party will probably change its name, the priority in its activity will be the interests of the village and villagers.