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The report was prepared by a group of long-term observers who worked in all territorial election districts of the Volyn region. Previous monitoring reports of the Civil Network OPORA can be found on the website www.opora.org.ua
The Civil Network OPORA is a non-partisan nationwide network of activists and civic organizations.
From September 17 to 22, Veronica Owls, a lecturer at the International University of Florida in Miami, will be staying in Ukraine. She is an expert on student self-governance, and she is coming to Ukraine at the invitation of the U.S.
“The source of our problems is double standards: one law applies to those who have power or money, another to the ordinary person. To one — everything, to another — nothing. The majority of society suffers from prices that are constantly rising, while some enrich themselves because of this.
As President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko stated in a televised address, the ruling coalition today violates the law and the Constitution of Ukraine by holding an illegal session of the Verkhovna Rada. Their goals are clear: to block the early elections on September 30 and to protect the culture of immunity in Ukraine.
On March 26, 2006, elections of deputies to the Lutsk City Council were held. For the first time, they were held under a proportional system, when Lutsk residents voted for local organizations of political parties and election blocs, rather than for individually selected deputies.
Young people, students of higher educational institutions of the city of Lutsk, aged 18 to 23, who wish to learn more about the work of the city authorities or to connect their future career with service in local self-government bodies are invited to participate in the project "Youth School of Municipal Management".
"Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)", with financial support from the Department for Family and Youth Affairs of the Lutsk City Executive Committee, announces the launch of the city project "School 'Lutsk Public Active'", which will take place in September-November 2007.
On August 22, 2007, a press conference of the Civil Network OPORA was held at the RBC-Ukraine press center. It announced the results of a study of the regional representation of candidates to the Verkhovna Rada of the VI convocation in the lists of four main political players (PR, BYuT, CPU, NU-NS).
