The National Assembly met on Tuesday 7 May with the presentation of condolences by Mr Speaker to the bereaved families who lost their dear ones in the bus accident that took place on 3 May at Soreze after a CNT bus driver lost control of his vehicle following a mechanical failure. The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition shared the grief of the House to the families, after which one minute of silence was observed in remembrance of the victims.

The order paper of the second session No 2 of 2013 of the National Assembly contained the usual agenda with announcements, papers, questions, motion, statements by Ministers and Public Bills but because of special circumstances, the House met only to answer the Private Notice Question of the Leader of the Opposition put to the Prime Minister with regard to the heavy rainfalls and flashfloods which occurred on Saturday 30 March 2013 in Port Louis and which resulted in the death of eleven persons.

The new leader of the Opposition, as expected, could not be as vociferous as Paul Bérenger who ceded his post in parliament while he is under treatment for a throat cancer in France.

The second session of the fifth National Assembly was adjourned on Tuesday 18 December 2012 after a day of rowdy exchanges of words on one of the numerous scandals which Parliament debated since 8 May 2012. The House stands adjourned until Tuesday 26 March 2013, after having discussed 23 Private Notice Questions during the year after 32 sittings started on 16 April 2012.