Non-violent protests are a way in which people communicate their political will and express their dissatisfaction with their difficult economic or social position, Kacin said in an interview with the Portal Analitika website, adding that with accession to the EU such a process would be available not just to the government or the political elite but to the entire society, including nongovernmental organisations and trade unions.
Milo Djukanovic, former Montenegrin prime minister and now leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, expressed his understanding for the protesters, but added that they were manipulated by "political and parapolitical organisations".
"The justified dissatisfaction of citizens, expressed in a democratic way, does not justify the attempt by political manipulators to use situations like this one for political purposes," Djukanovic said while presenting his party ahead of local elections in Herceg Novi.
Several thousand people gathered in Podgorica on Sunday to protest against the bad economic and social situation in the country, telling the government it was time for change.