A significant number of people are unhappy with the official response.

An informal student group, Where Tomorrow? (Kamo Śutra?), has organized three protests in Podgorica, advocating for the resignation of Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic and Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Security Aleksa Becic.

Both officials have declined to step down, asserting they do not bear responsibility for the tragic events. The Democrats party, led by Becic, has accused the former ruling party, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), and former president Milo Djukanovic of instigating the protests.

This Friday, marking one month since the tragedy, students will gather in the evening in Cetinje to honor the 13 victims with 13 minutes of silence.

The students previously announced that if their resignation demands are not met by the Prime Minister by February 1, they would initiate civil disobedience.

All the residents of Cetinje interviewed by BIRN expressed their support for the students’ demands. Many found it astonishing that, following the first major crime in 2022, which exposed numerous governmental shortcomings, no one had resigned.

“The demands are entirely justified and legitimate. All that is required is a normal sense of moral and objective responsibility,” stated Roganovic.

Amidst public calls for an increased police presence in Cetinje, there has been a noticeable rise in law enforcement on the streets.

However, many question whether the number of victims could have been reduced had this occurred on the first day of 2025.