The Kovel interdistrict prosecutor's office, in response to an appeal by people's deputy, head of the Volyn regional organization of the Ukrainian People's Party Borys ZAHREVA, is conducting an investigation into the violation of the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of the President of Ukraine" by the head of the apparatus of the Kovel district state administration, Halyna RYABKO. "On October 20, 2004, during working hours in the village of Toikut, Halyna RYABKO demanded that employees of the postal service branch (postal carriers) sign a letter in support of the course of Prime Minister of Ukraine V. YANUKOVYCH, candidate for the post of President of Ukraine, and against the 'inflaming of civil war,'" the deputy's appeal states. From certain sources it became known that she also promised to pay postal workers a monetary reward of 100 hryvnias in the form of a bonus for World Post Day for active support of candidate Yanukovych. However, the postal carriers did not receive the promised bonus, the likely reason being that the facts of the violation by the representative of the executive authority became known to the Prosecutor's Office of the Kovel district. "By such actions, Halyna RYABKO, using her official position, grossly violated Art. 64, part 1/2 of the Law 'On Elections of the President of Ukraine,' which states that participation in pre-election campaigning is prohibited for officials and employees of executive authority bodies and local self-government bodies," commented Borys ZAHREVA. On November 4, the head of the Toikut postal service department, Lidiya KOZULYA, was summoned to the Kovel interdistrict prosecutor's office to give testimony regarding the fact of violation of current legislation by the aforementioned official. The response to the deputy's inquiry states that "the results of the investigation and the decision taken will be reported additionally."