At the extraordinary 16th session of the regional council, the deputies considered almost thirty issues. Discussions arose during the consideration of the main issue — the report of the head of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the region "On the state of combating crime and protecting public order in 2004." The report was delivered by the acting deputy head of the directorate, Anton Tsisaruk. The report contained almost no critical remarks addressed to the police; everything looked very smooth, as if the deputies were being persuaded that the Volyn police work very effectively. Deputies of the regional council and people's deputies of Ukraine who spoke during the discussion of the report cited many shortcomings in the work of internal affairs bodies, in particular, facts of numerous violations committed through the fault of police leadership during the elections and the repeat voting. Moreover, some senior police officials not only failed to respond themselves to the commission of crimes related to the election process, but also forbade their subordinates from doing so, resorted to blackmail, intimidation, threats, dismissals and demotions of those honest officers who expressed disagreement with the illegal actions of the leadership. These facts were mentioned only in passing in the report. The regional council recognized the work of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the region as unsatisfactory, and expressed no confidence in the head of the directorate, Oleksandr Kmita. A motion was raised before the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine regarding the dismissal of the head of the directorate from his position. A number of other important issues were considered, in particular, on measures to stabilize the socio-political situation that has developed in connection with the elections of the President of Ukraine, on the exercise of delegated powers, and others.