Protesters wore masks and observed physical distancing to abide by minimum health standards set by the government. SONAgKAISA SONA2020 | DYGalvezINQ
through with their plan to stage the #SONAgKAISA protests at UP Diliman a few hours before President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address .
The program only ran for two hours, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., making it the shortest Sona-related protest action, according to Bagong Alyansa Makabayan secretary general Renato Reyes.The program had a line up of civic leaders, lawmakers, and human-rights lawyers speaking about issues such as the government’s response to the pandemic, the ABS-CBN shutdown, the Anti Terror law, and the welfare of laborers, frontliners, and disenfranchised jeepney drivers.
Protesters wore masks and observed physical distancing to abide by minimum health standards set by the government.
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