'Protests Won't Stop' Until Montenegro PM Resigns

Thousands of people gathered in front of the parliament building in Podgorica on Sunday at a mass rally against Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's administration, which they accuse of widespread corruption, undemocratic practices and election fraud.

Protest organisers the Democratic Front, an alliance of the main opposition parties, said peaceful protests would continue to be held daily at 6.30pm local time until Djukanovic resigned.

They are demanding the creation of an interim government to organise what they say would be Montenegro's "first ever free and fair elections".

"There is no destruction, no violence. Police officers will be with us for a few nights. This will happen in other towns in Montenegro," said Andirja Mandic, leader of the pro-Serbian NOVA party.

"We wan't power won on the street but in fair elections. Democratically and peacefully, we will win freedom. This fight has just begun," he said.

Anti-government protestors set up dozens of tents in a park opposite the parliament building for protesters to spend the night in until the next rally that is planned to take place on Monday.

'We will stay at the plateau [outside the parliament] until our requirements are met. We do not accept blackmail and partial solutions," Strahinja Bulajic, one of the Democratic Front alliance leaders said.

Ahead of the rally, protesters poured into a one of the major squares in central Podgorica from other Montenegrin towns such as Niksic, Kolasin and Berane. Shouting anti-government slogans, most were waving Serbian flags.

Security was tight and barricades were set up around the parliament building amid fears the demonstration could turn violent. But the rally passed off peacefully, there...