Head of the Lutsk city territorial election commission Svitlana Huschenko at around 1:00 on March 30 commented on the situation that had developed with the elections of the mayor of Lutsk. "We do indeed have preliminary voting results. But due to numerous complaints, we cannot make them public... Today we will consider the complaints...," she stated during a break in the night session. This was reported by a correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.
"I want to address the voters: we are not delaying the publication of the voting results for the mayoral elections, we are simply forced to follow the procedure defined by law. We have just submitted the voting results on the election of regional council deputies, which was required of us by law as a priority. Now we are proceeding to the procedure for electing the mayor...," reported Svitlana Huschenko.
"Our territorial election commission has officially announced all protocols. We do indeed already have preliminary voting results. The undisputed favorites of the election are Anton Kryvytskyi and Bohdan Shyba. But due to the receipt of numerous complaints, we have no right to publish the results. The law clearly states: results are announced only after all complaints regarding this matter have been considered...," explained the head of the territorial election commission.
"Today we will consider these complaints and will try to announce the results of the mayoral elections. However, on condition that the process of considering the complaints allows us to do so... Some complaints are very lengthy; they require considerable time to verify the circumstances set out in them," added Svitlana Huschenko.