Just prior to the constituent session, representatives of the minority Croat Civic Initiative, the Bosniak Party and the Albanian Forca signed a coalition agreement with the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), ensuring a parliamentary majority for deciding.
Krivokapic, re-elected parliament speaker for the fourth time, said European integration processes represented a chance for the Montenegrin parliament to restore confidence in the power of parliamentary democracy.
"Parliament is a body which must make room for unpleasant truths and assume the responsibility for painful changes," he said.
President Filip Vujanovic said the new government's biggest challenge would be ensuring a better life for citizens, a more favourable economic mood, and a higher level of investments.
"Montenegro will face big challenges in the next four-year term and the authorities, if they want to justify expectations, must work fast and with the strongest possible make-up," said Milo Djukanovic, president of the DPS.