GYUMRI.- The authorities have a week to put an end to the policy of exploitation and deception, Raffi Hovannisian said in an address to his supporters in Gyumri.

Former presidential candidate said henceforth no one can lay hands on the Armenian people.

On Tuesday, Hovannisian met with his supporters in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri - the administrative center of Shirak region, Armenian News - NEWS.am correspondent reports.

“In a week, on April 9, we will gather at a national rally in the center of Yerevan. The authorities have only a week! People need to move forward. It is not a fake but real movement,” he said.

April 9 is the day of inauguration of President Serzh Sargsyan. Runner-up in presidential elections Raffi Hovannisian did not recognize election results and is going to hold a mass protest action in the center of Yerevan on the same day.