Police disperse protesters using tear gas;

those in response throw stones and pyrotechnics at the policemen.

The parliament was forced to stop the session.

According to the local publication Vjesti, the demonstrators were joined by deputies Peredrag Bashkovic, Milos Nikolic and Andrija Nikolic, as well as the mayor of Podgorica, Ivan Vukovic.

The representative of the "Ima Nas" civil movement, Prodrag Vushuravic, said that today's demonstrations are a "blockade of Podgorica", and if the demands of the demonstrators are not met, protests await in other Montenegrin cities.

Protesters promised to block roads in the country and scheduled the next major rally for the end of the week.

The political crisis in Montenegro has been ongoing since the end of summer, when four out of six judges of the country's Constitutional Court resigned, and the parliament was unable to choose a new composition of the court, which effectively stopped its work.

On December 12, the country's parliament adopted amendments to the law on the powers of the president, which significantly limit his power.

In the parliament, pro-Montenegrin and pro-Serbian factions oppose each other, and the part of politicians representing the Serbian population opposes the independence of Montenegro, considering the country to be part of Serbia.

Montenegro, whose population is only 625,000 people, is a member of NATO and a candidate for joining the European Union.