2015–16 Montenegrin crisis

Anti-government protests in Montenegro
Date	27 September 2015 — 28 November 2016
Location	Podgorica, Montenegro
Caused by	Authoritarianism of Milo Đukanović Violation of democratic rights Accession of Montenegro to NATO Accusations of electoral fraud Use of excessive force by police Media censorship
Goals	Removal of Milo Đukanović Fair elections Freedom of the press
Methods	Demonstrations, riot, civil disobedience
Resulted in	No-confidence voting against Government in January 2016 A split in the ruling coalition
Parties to the civil conflict
Democratic Front member parties New Serb Democracy Movement for Changes Democratic People' Party Workers' Party Democratic Party of Unity Democratic Serb Party (support parties, 2015) Socialist People's Party Democratic Alliance Democratic Montenegro Montenegrin Government Montenegrin Police National Security Agency Democratic Party of Socialists
Lead figures
Andrija Mandić Nebojša Medojević Milo Đukanović Duško Marković

Montenegrin Government

A political crisis in Montenegro (Montenegrin: kriza u Crnoj Gori) was initiated by the opposition parties which staged protests requesting fair elections and transitional government. Opposition coalition Democratic Front organised continuous protests in October 2015 which culminated in a large riot in Podgorica on 24 October. A split in the ruling coalition followed in January 2016, leaving the government functioning as a de facto minority government.

In 2015, the investigative journalists' network OCCRP has named Montenegro's long-time President and Prime Minister Milo Đukanović 'Person of the Year in Organized Crime'. The extent of Đukanović's corruption led to street demonstrations and calls for his removal.

Anti-government protests in Montenegro began in mid-October 2015 and culminated in riots on 24 October 2015 in the capital of Podgorica. The protests were organised by the opposition coalition Democratic Front, which is requesting the formation of a transitional government which would organise next parliamentary elections.

On 27 September the Democratic Front set up tents by the building of the Parliament of Montenegro.

After thousands of people rallied to protest government corruption and demand a transitional government and resignation of Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, who has held prime ministerial or presidential positions for most of the time since 1990, the police intervened tear-gassing the demonstrators on 24 October. Montenegrin police fired tear gas at opposition supporters, while chasing away the demonstrators with armored vehicles.

A protest against joining NATO was held in Podgorica on 12 December 2015. A new protest against the government was held on 24 January 2016.

On January 27, 2016, a parliamentary vote saw the split of the ruling DPS and up until then coalition partner SDP. This followed a failed crisis talk over the organization of the "first free and fair election". The President of the National Assembly Ranko Krivokapić (SDP) strongly criticized Prime Minister Milo Djukanović and the ruling party (DPS). With the split of SDP, Djukanović lost the Assembly majority. Djukanović started an initiative to remove Krivokapić from the seat.

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