The Speaker to Parliamentarians: 'It's Worse Than a Classroom, It's Worse Than School'

Chaos erupted in Parliament on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Joe Lesjongard raised a point of order after Minister Kaviraj Sukon—who was not scheduled to speak on the Supplementary Appropriation (2024–2025) (No. 2) Bill—was allowed to respond to Adrien Duval's speech. Duval had criticized the allocation of Rs 1.4 billion for higher education.

Speaker Shireen Aumeeruddy Cziffra exercised her discretionary power and permitted the Minister of Higher Education to reply to Duval's remarks.

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