{"id":169592,"date":"2018-07-06T02:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T06:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169592"},"modified":"2018-07-06T02:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T06:51:24","slug":"dutertes-3rd-sona-not-limited-to-accomplishments-roque-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/06\/dutertes-3rd-sona-not-limited-to-accomplishments-roque-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte\u2019s 3rd SONA not limited to accomplishments, Roque says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI think they want it to be a message straight from the heart of the President not hindered by the need to report on the different achievements,\u201d Roque said in a Palace briefing. (Photo: Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines)\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) will not be limited to a report on the achievements done during his administration, his spokesperson said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque reiterated that Duterte\u2019s next SONA scheduled on July 23 (Monday) will be delivered \u201cstraight from the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they want it to be a message straight from the heart of the President not hindered by the need to report on the different achievements,\u201d Roque said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Roque said the public will get a preview of the policies, programs and projects implemented during Duterte\u2019s second year in office through a series of pre-SONA forums.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne difference is\u00a0magkakaroon po ng<\/em>\u00a0(there will be) pre-SONA briefings\u00a0iyong mga<\/em>\u00a0(in) economic clusters that will be held in PICC. That\u2019s to give the President latitude to say whatever he wants during the SONA, because he has already laid out his achievements in the different clusters,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe different achievements will be reported by the different clusters in the different pre-SONA briefings that will be conducted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

When asked if Duterte\u2019s SONA will be extemporaneous, Roque noted that there is still a speech writer assigned to do the task.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know who\u2019s writing the speech but I haven\u2019t actually sat down with them. Obviously a major change is that there is now a pre-SONA briefing by the different clusters,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo intrigue,\u00a0naiiintriga tayong lahat kung anong sasabihin ng Pangulo<\/em>\u00a0(We will all be intrigued to know what the President will be saying),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Amid reports that film and TV director Joyce Bernal will be replacing Brilliante Mendoza as director of President\u2019s SONA, Roque said he had yet to confirm if the report is true.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just requested if I could confirm and they said not yet; maybe because there\u2019s no signed contract yet. And you know the policy of this office, I need the document but I heard the same,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Minutes after the Palace briefing, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar confirmed that Bernal will indeed be directing Duterte\u2019s next SONA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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