PHNOM PENH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's National Assembly declared on Monday the validity of 44 new lawmakers from three parties to replace seats of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) after it was dissolved by the Supreme Court.
A total of 67 lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People's Party ratified the eligibility of those lawmakers for memberships of the National Assembly.
The declaration came after The National Election Committee announced on Thursday that CNRP's 55 parliamentary seats had been redistributed to five minor parties: the Funcinpec Party of Prince Norodom Ranariddh got 41 seats, the League for Democracy Party six, the Khmer Anti-Poverty Party five, the Cambodian Nationality Party two and the Khmer Economic Development Party one.
However, the League for Democracy Party and the Khmer Anti-Poverty Party refused to take up the seats.
Earlier in the week, the ruling Cambodian People's Party said that they will take 11 seats that were rejected by League for Democracy Party and the Khmer Anti-Poverty Party.
The National Assembly consists of 123 seats in which 68 are possessed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party.
The Supreme Court ordered on Nov. 16 dissolution of the CNRP and banned its 118 senior leaders from politics for five years after its leader Kem Sokha was arrested on Sept. 3 and charged with "treason."
Kem Sokha, 64, was accused of plotting the overthrow of the government.
The CNRP dissolution left 55 CNRP lawmakers and 5,007 commune councilors lost their positions.
