LISTENING to the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. feels as if one were being transported to a campaign rally of a candidate seeking another term. It talked about popular issues that people wanted him to take up.
LISTENING to the third State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. feels as if one were being transported to a campaign rally of a candidate seeking another term. It talked about popular issues that people wanted him to take up.The 81-minute speech, Marcos ' longest SONA and undeniably his best so far since 2022, started on a good note by addressing the top 'urgent national concern' — controlling inflation — based on Pulse Asia's survey.
'And he prefaced the banning of the POGOs with: 'At ngayon po, naririnig po namin ang malakas na sigaw ng taumbayan laban sa mga POGO... Kailangan nang itigil ang panggulo nito sa ating lipunan at paglalapastangan sa ating bansa.'The President punctuated his speech with sentences in Filipino on issues he wanted ordinary citizens to understand well. The SONA was his last before next year's midterm elections. He has to recover from declining survey ratings.
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