The organizers of the opposition's rally refused to accept the notification of the authorities on the illegality of the meeting. According to Petros Makeyan's words who is the leader of the party “Democratic Fatherland” and one of the supporters of ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, “the opposition does not recognize the jurisdiction of the notification since the only authority in the country is Levon Ter-Petrosyan”. In their turn the law-enforcement officers announced that respective sanctions envisaged by the law would be applied towards the organizers of the mass-meeting.