SONA 2018

The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is an annual address by the President of the Philippines to a joint session of the Congress of the Philippines. The SONA, which is often broadcast, serves as a means to inform the nation about its present economic, political, and social condition. It is also a vehicle for the President to summarize the accomplishments and plans of his/her program of government both for a particular year and until the end of their term of office. 

On Monday, July 23, 2018, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivered his third speech at the Plenary Session Hall of the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Metro Manila. In his speech, he mention about the drug war, land use act, disaster management, and many more. About the war on drugs, President Duterte's banner program gets first mention. He says it will be "relentless" and "as chilling as the day it began." Slams human rights groups for criticizing the anti-drug campaign. And about the land use act, he calls on Congress to pass a law creating a national land use policy, legislation that has been pending for two decades. And also about the Disaster Management, he calls on Congress to pass a law creating disaster management department with more powers and resources than existing disaster response agencies. 

There are many points he had talked about like about the war on drugs, land use act and disaster management. I hope that this promises and campaigns will be implemented to have our country progress. And in his speech he didn't say any malicious or bad words. And some are shock because of it. But still, he delivered a good speech. Congratulations, Mr. President!

REFERENCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Nation_Address_(Philippines)

https://www.rappler.com/nation/208050-duterte-sona-2018-philippines-summary

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