{"id":258985,"date":"2020-06-23T04:55:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T08:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=258985"},"modified":"2020-06-23T04:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T08:55:38","slug":"palace-cooking-up-different-type-of-sona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/23\/palace-cooking-up-different-type-of-sona\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace \u2018cooking up\u2019 different type of SONA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: PRESIDENT DUTERTE DELIVERS 4th SONA. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his 4th state of the nation address (SONA) at Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City on Monday (July 22, 2019). The President’s speech lasted for 93 minutes. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang is \u201ccooking up\u201d a different format for President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he could not yet tell whether Duterte would physically show up at the usual SONA venue, the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, or deliver a virtual SONA while staying in the Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cDi ko pa po sigurado<\/em>\u00a0if the President will physically go or will address it online\u00a0pero meron pa po kaming mga plano na hinahanda<\/em>\u00a0(I am still not sure if the President would physically go or make his address online but we are planning something),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He declined to go into details, saying their preparations would be a \u201csurprise\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBaka naman surpresahan namin kayo diyan<\/em>\u00a0(We just might surprise you). We have in the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson cooking up something,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He, however, noted that only a limited number of guests would be physically present in the Session Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can confirm it will not be the same SONA that we are used to,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Aside from fewer guests, he said, dressing up would also be forgone.<\/p>\n

\u201cSiyempre po, wala na yung mga madaming mga opisyales na nag-a<\/em>-attend,\u00a0wala na yung<\/em>\u00a0fashion show\u00a0na pagandahan ng suot at tingin ko po, kakaunti lang ang mag-a-<\/em>assemble\u00a0sa Kongreso<\/em>. (Of course, there would no longer be many officials attending, there would no longer be a fashion show, and I think only a few would be allowed to assemble at the Congress),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last month, Roque floated the possibility of having a \u201cblended\u201d style SONA, referring to a combination of having guests physically present while others opting to watch from their television sets or online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s being discussed. I think\u00a0kung meron tayong<\/em>\u00a0(if we have) blended learning, we will also have a blended SONA,\u201d he said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said there was a suggestion for Duterte to deliver his next SONA at Malaca\u00f1an Palace on July 27.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano disclosed that the SONA would likely be conducted via teleconferencing, which has been the method used by Congress to hold sessions and committee hearings.<\/p>\n

Duterte delivered his past four SONAs in the Session Hall of the House at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City.<\/p>\n

However, it remains to be seen whether he would show up at the usual venue or opt to deliver his SONA somewhere else.<\/p>\n

From 1935 to 2015, the SONA was also held at the Legislative Building in Manila (destroyed during the Second World War); the temporary Congress Building along Lepanto Street in Manila; and Maharlika Hall (now Kalayaan Hall) in Malaca\u00f1an Palace.<\/p>\n

Other SONA venues were the Quirino Grandstand; Philippine International Convention Center; and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, US.<\/p>\n

The SONA is delivered by the President of the Philippines every year to report the state of the country, unveil the government\u2019s agenda for the coming year, and may also propose to Congress certain legislative measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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