Phnom Penh (FN), October 20 - Senate adopted the four proposed amendments on election law on Friday morning following the Plenary Session.

The proposed amendments aim to effectively allocate seats in the National Assembly when political parties are subjected to dissolution.

The decision was made with 40 out of 61 votes among the senators.

The four proposed amendments on election laws include: Amendments to the Law on the Election of the Members of Parliament; Amendments to the Law on the Election of the Senate; Amendments to the Law on the Election of Commune Councils; Amendments to the Law on the Election of the Capital, Provincial, Municipal, District, and Khan Councils.

Regarding the Amendments to the Law on the Election of the Members of Parliament, Article 138 clearly stipulates that: "In the mandate of the National Assembly, if any political party declares seat renunciation or elimination from the list of political parties or dissolved in accordance with the law on political parties, the list of candidates and all parliamentarians of that political party is no longer valid and no longer has merits.

In the above case, the National Election Committee shall allocate those available seats within a maximum of 7 days to the parties who participated in the capital-provincial election, except to political parties that give up seats or be removed from the list of political parties or be dissolved in accordance with the law on political parties...".
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