On December 9, 2004, a press conference of the Volyn Regional Strike Committee was held with the participation of the acting head of the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions in the Volyn Oblast, at which the goals, tasks and directions of activity of the participants of the All-Ukrainian Political Strike were outlined. This is stated in the press release of the strike committee of Volyn. In particular, it notes that "only under the condition of consolidation of the strike movement can the system of total corruption and lies that has prevailed at all levels of the current government be overcome. And although the Supreme Court of Ukraine justly recognized the majority of members of the Central Election Commission as guilty of the crime of falsifying elections... it is still too early to fall into euphoria. The regime will not stop at any methods to preserve its powers, and the people can counter them with a single weapon – a strike." The Volyn Strike Committee also demands the dismissal of Yanukovych from the post of prime minister for facilitating election falsification and separatism, the dismissal from posts and the opening of criminal cases against the heads of the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv oblast administrations – the initiators of the split of Ukraine – and the holding of honest transparent elections with equal conditions for all candidates. As of today, the strike committee considers it expedient to transfer the activities of the strike committees from the active phase to the phase of mobilization expectation and readiness, at the first need, to go on strike; at enterprises, institutions and organizations that have not yet taken an active part in the All-Ukrainian Political Strike, to create strike committees and actively cooperate with the oblast and city headquarters of "Our Ukraine." These demands are to be observed until the person chosen by the people – Viktor Yushchenko – is recognized as President of Ukraine in a legitimate way. The activity of the Volyn Strike Committee follows from the resolutions of the Volyn Committee of National Salvation, which in turn is subordinate to the All-Ukrainian Committee of National Salvation, headed by Viktor Yushchenko. The Volyn Strike Committee unites the strike committees of private entrepreneurs and employees of large enterprises, medical workers, educators and students.