Phnom Penh (FN), October 6 - A group of laywers filed a lawsuit to the Supreme Court today to request for the dissolution of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in accordance to two other complaints from two political parties, Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) and FUNCINPEC Party, according to senior officials from the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

On October 4, 2017, CYP filed a complaint to MoI claiming to dissolve CNRP. The complaint stated an objective to request MoI to file a lawsuit to the Supreme Court in order to dissolve CNRP based upon the law following the alledged treason committed by CNRP president, Kem Sokha.

FUNCINPEC Party also filed a lawsuit to MoI on Thursday evening for CNRP dissolution.

“Based on Article 6, Article 7, Article 38 and Article 44 of the law on political parties and amendments, I would like to propose to Sar Kheng, Minister of Interior to take legal actions to dissolve the party in accordance with Article 38”, according to FUNCINPEC Party’s statement.
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