As reported by the head of the district organization of the Ukrainian People's Party, Roman Slyusarchyk, such a decision was made today by representatives of the "Power of the People" coalition of the Shatsk district of the Volyn region after a meeting with the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, who during the meeting announced that the current head of the district council, Leonid Kyslyuk, would be appointed head of the district state administration. Volodymyr Bondar also confirmed that all necessary documents for his appointment are already in Kyiv.
Regarding the likely appointment of Leonid Kyslyuk, a rally has already been held in the district center of Shatsk under the slogan "We defend the achievements of the Orange Revolution," at which participants declared the inadmissibility of appointing a "protégé of the old authorities," a "person from the other camp."
Representatives of the "Power of the People" coalition unanimously expressed their support for the position of head of the district executive body in favor of a member of the UNP, an active participant in the election campaign and the Orange Revolution, district council deputy Volodymyr Zakharko.
According to the heads of the district organizations of the Ukrainian People's Party, the "Batkivshchyna" All-Ukrainian Union, the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" and the People's Movement of Ukraine — representatives of the coalition — Leonid Kyslyuk during the presidential elections actually headed Viktor YANUKOVYCH's campaign headquarters in the district.
"While holding the positions of deputy head of the district state administration and first deputy head of the district state administration since 1995 and the position of head of the district council from 2002 to the present time, Leonid Kyslyuk has effectively done nothing to raise the economy. During this time, the 'Chaika' factory ceased operating, the construction organization 'Prohres,' the RTP, the 'Rodyuchist' open joint-stock company, the Shatsk fish workshop, the procurement office, the Shatsk and Svityaz consumer societies, and others ceased to exist. The bread factory (with full reprofiling), the dairy plant and a number of other enterprises were sold for a pittance," states an open letter from the heads of the parties of the "Power of the People" coalition of the district to President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Volodymyr Bondar.
The letter points to abuses by Leonid Kyslyuk in the position of head of the district council. "During 2003-2004, on the shore of Lake Svityaz, dozens of hectares of land of the National Park were handed out, practically for free, to 'their own' people. Kyslyuk L.P. also grabbed more than ten plots for his relatives."
What surprises the district's voters is precisely the position of the head of the regional state administration, Volodymyr Bondar, who, as stated in the letter, "has he really caved in to pressure from the old authorities, disregarded the opinion of the people?".