State of the Nation Address. 2016 Philippines
State of the Nation Address. Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte..videos..
President Duterte took an hour and 40 minutes to deliver his first SONA. This is about the same length as his predecessor's 2013 SONA. In terms of word length, Gov.PH says the shortest SONA according to word count was the one delivered by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2005, which had 1,551 words. The longest SONA according to word count was the one delivered by President Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1969 with 29,335 words.
Joma Sison welcomes ceasefire declaration
Filipino activists and supporters for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raise their clenched fists as they arrive near the gates of the House of Representative where President Duterte is set to deliver his first state of the nation address in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Monday July 25, 2016. Thousands of activists were allowed near the gates to listen to President Duterte’s speech. AP Photo
President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday was “generally peaceful” and the “supportive” rallyists played a huge part, the military said.
“There was not serious threat monitored and the cooperation of ‘supportive’ rallyists was a big factor in the successful outcome of the Sona security coverage,” Armed Forces spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said.
This year’s Sona was different from previous years as this was the first time that militants were allowed to get closer to Batasang Pambansa.
“If every occasion for SONA can be done this way where cooperation and dialogue becomes the norm, then violent confrontations and dispersals will become a thing of the past,” Padilla said. RAM
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