Members of the National Assembly mourned the death of Basotho National Party (BNP) representative in the National Assembly, Mr. Phale Mokoena, who died in a car accident on Friday.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms. Ntlhoi Motsamai broke the news in the House on Monday.

However, she could not divulge more details regarding the funeral arrangements.

Mr. Mokoena's death, she said comes barely five months after the death of a Member of Parliament for Mekaling constituency in Mohale's Hoek, who died due to illness in May this year.

Mr. Mokoena came into the seventh parliament under the banner of BNP, contesting at Seqonoka constituency, but lost to the Alliance of Congress Parties (ACP), Mr. Kelebone Maope. Hence he became a Member of Parliament through Proportional Representation (PR).

His successor is likely to be named by the party soon after the deceased has been buried.

Source: LENA 15/10/2007