The state of the nation address (SONA) or the Talumpati sa Kalagayan ng Bansa is an
annual address by the president of the Philippines to a joint session of the Congress
of the Philippines. Mandated by this 1987 constitution, the speech or the SONA
is delivered every July.
SONA
serves as a means to inform the nation about its present economic, political,
and social condition. It is also where the President summarizes his/her
accomplishment and plans for his/her program of government both for a
particular year and until the end of their term of office.
Last
Monday (July 23, 2018 ), President Rodrigo “Roa” Duterte, the current President
of the Philippines delivered his third SONA. In his SONA, he mentioned about
the different problem our country is currently facing. One of these are the war
on drugs. War on drugs is a series of actions tending toward a prohibition of
illegal drug trade. It is adopted by the US government to end the import,
manufacture, sale and use of illegal drugs. “The war on drugs will not be side-lined.
It will be a relentless and chilly if you will, as on the day it began.”
Another
topic is the corruption. Corruption is the dishonest or illegal behavior a
person especially by the powerful people such as government officials. Corruption is not a new issue in our country. “Corruption
must STOP!”
Health
is very important as the saying goes “HEALTH IS WEALTH”. They are currently
institutionalizing the implementation of No Billing Policy. He also said that there
are more things that is needed to be done to improve health care system. “I
urge speedy passage of universal health care bill”
Human
right is very important also. If human right is well-respected, all follows. It must be one of the President’s priorities.
Duterte said that human right to him means giving Filipinos a different future
to have better lives. Nowadays, many people is not achieving their rights as a
human because someone is not letting them have the right on every individual. “Your
concern is human rights, mine is human lives”
The
other topics that had been mentioned is about the Mindanao, International
relation, migrant workers, contractualization, and etc. We all expect that this
plans/program that had been discussed will surely be done. You must walk your
talk. With great power comes great responsibility as what Spiderman have said. “I
will not bore you with a list of projects completed. Daghang salamat.”
references:
https://definitions.uslegal.com/w/war-on-drugs/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_nation_address_(Philippines)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/corruption
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