Today, a press conference for local mass media took place in the premises of the Volyn Regional Organization of the UNP, with the participation of People's Deputy of Ukraine, head of the VRO UNP Borys Zahreva. The reason for the meeting with journalists was the desire of the press conference participants to publicly announce the decision of the Council of the VRO UNP (dated April 3, 2005) regarding personnel appointments in the executive authorities of the Volyn region. "Appointments to leadership positions in the region's executive authorities occurred in violation of the principles established by the President of Ukraine regarding openness, transparency, and publicity in the consideration of candidates," the document states. Let us recall that in accordance with the decision of the Leadership of the VRO UNP dated February 8, 2005, 27 candidates were submitted to the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration for appointment to leadership positions in the region's executive authorities. In turn, it should be noted that of the proposed candidates, only four UNP members were appointed – one head of a department and three heads of district state administrations. As Mr. Zahreva noted, over the past two months, the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, has not held a single consultation with representatives of the VRO UNP leadership on personnel appointment matters, which can be regarded as a biased attitude toward the party. The People's Deputy is also concerned that certain leadership positions have been filled by odious figures who did not participate in the work to support the candidate for the post of President of Ukraine, V. Yushchenko, and who are associated in the minds of Volyn residents with the previous anti-people regime. This refers to the deputy head of the Volyn RSA for agrarian affairs, V. Zaremba, the head of the Starovyzhivka RSA, M. Bashchuk, and the head of the Shatsk RSA, L. Kysliuk. The leadership of the VRO UNP is also concerned about the continued performance of official duties by a significant number of officials and their deputies who violated election legislation and exerted pressure on voters during the 2004 elections. This refers to the general director of the DLHO "Volynlis" B. Kolisnyk and the head of the UPB of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region, V. Hrushovinchuk, who, according to B. Zahreva, forced subordinates to commit unlawful actions by handing over absentee certificates. This, as the People's Deputy noted, is evidenced by numerous reports from Volyn voters that continue to arrive to this day. Among the odious officials, representatives of the VRO UNP also included the general director of the Volyn Regional State Television and Radio Company, S. Pyrozhok, who, according to Zahreva, after the presidential elections summoned VT employees and gave them instructions not to cover the activities of the VRO UNP on the respective television channel. Thus, in view of the current situation in the region's executive vertical, yesterday's Council of the VRO UNP decided to appeal to the President of Ukraine, V. Yushchenko, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yu. Tymoshenko, and the head of the Volyn RSA, V. Bondar, with a demand to review the decisions regarding the appointments of the deputy head of the Volyn RSA, V. Zaremba, the head of the apparatus of the Volyn RSA, V. Maksymiak, the head of the Starovyzhivka RSA, M. Bashchuk, the head of the Shatsk RSA, L. Kysliuk, the director of the Shatsk National Nature Park, V. Naida, the deputy head of the Shatsk RSA, T. Hushcha, the deputy head of the Rozhyshche RSA, A. Matviichyk, the deputy head of the Manevychi RSA, S. Borysiuk, the deputy head of the Lutsk RSA, Ye. Omelchuk, and the deputy head of the Liubeshiv RSA, Yu. Sholomitskyi; and to dismiss from their positions in the executive authorities the general director of the DLHO "Volyn lis" B. Kolisnyk, the head of the UPB of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Volyn region, V. Hrushovinchuk, and the general director of the VODTRK, S. Pyrozhok. "In the event of another ignoring of our demands, the VRO UNP declares its readiness to organize and hold mass protest actions," the decision states.