On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, a press conference was held in Lutsk on the topic: "Will the Orange Revolution in Volyn end with the lustration of old regime cadres?", organized by the public organizations "Student Brotherhood" and "Ukrainian People's Youth" with the participation of representatives of the regional organization of the Ukrainian People's Party Serhiy Hodlevsky and regional council deputy Mykola Pasaman. The discussion focused on the need for decisive steps to renew all institutions of Volyn authority, in particular, conducting re-certification of law enforcement agency employees, education workers, and holding local elections already during 2005.
The head of the Volyn regional organization "Ukrainian People's Youth" Olena Khalimon revealed the essence of the concept of "lustration," which provides for declaration, verification, registration and amnesty (or, in the case of a corresponding decision of the Lustration Court, non-admission to institutions of the new government) of persons involved in the unlawful activities of the undemocratic regime. In Volyn, in her opinion, lustration should be applied to persons involved in gross election falsification, political persecution, and large-scale abuses by officials. Also, an initiative was announced to create a "black list" of persons regarding whom lustration needs to be carried out immediately and to create a public committee.
Iryna Zhylych, head of the Student Brotherhood of Lutsk, spoke about facts of violations of student rights during the elections and the Orange Revolution, and the persecution of the organization's activists.
Serhiy Hodlevsky, a participant of the "Student Revolution on the Granite" (1990) and the Orange Revolution (2004), compared both events and focused his attention on the miscalculations of the first action, the expediency of creating and putting into effect the "Law on Lustration" as an opportunity to remove the old nomenklatura from power.
Mykola Pasaman, first deputy head of the regional organization of the UNP, deputy of the regional council, emphasized the need for the fastest possible implementation of the "Law on Lustration," which would allow professionals, honest and decent people, and patriots to work in state positions.