Following the intervention of Patriarch Irinej, who told him this kind of protest was not in line with Serbian Orthodox beliefs, Nikolic drank water again on April 21st.
Posle intervencije patrijarha Irineja, koji mu je rekao da takav vid protesta nije u skladu sa srpskim pravoslavnim verovanjima, Nikolić je ponovo počeo da pije vodu 21. aprila.