{"id":261891,"date":"2020-07-16T04:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=261891"},"modified":"2020-07-16T04:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:29:14","slug":"no-final-details-yet-where-duterte-will-deliver-5th-sona-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/16\/no-final-details-yet-where-duterte-will-deliver-5th-sona-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"No final details yet where Duterte will deliver 5th SONA: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Joint Session of the 17th Congress at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives Complex in Constitution Hills, Quezon City, emphasizes that his intensified campaign against illegal drugs will remain unrelenting for he is more concerned about human lives even if his critics are alleging that his campaign has resulted to violation of human rights. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 There are no final details whether President Rodrigo Duterte will physically show up at the Batasang Pambansa to deliver his fifth state of the nation address (SONA), Malaca\u00f1ang said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Senate President Vicente \u201cTito\u201d Sotto III bared that Duterte has decided to deliver his fifth SONA at the Batasang Pambansa before a limited number of lawmakers.<\/p>\n

Roque admitted that the venue will indeed be the Batasang Pambansa but pointed out that Duterte may simply deliver his SONA via livestream from Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1an Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe venue is confirmed, it is Batasan\u00a0pero ang alam ko po hindi pa po<\/em>\u00a0100-percent sure\u00a0kung<\/em>\u00a0physically\u00a0mag-a-<\/em>attend\u00a0ang Presidente o magbo-<\/em>broadcast\u00a0po from<\/em>\u00a0Malago to Congress (but what I know that it\u2019s not a hundred percent sure if the President will physically attend or broadcast from Malago to Congress),\u201d he said in a virtual Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

While final details on the SONA setup have yet to be released, Roque vowed to give updates in the following days leading up to July 27.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa ngayon, wala pa pong detalyeng na naibibigay sa\u2019kin\u2026pero hayaan niyo po, pag plantsado na, mag-a-anunsyo na tayo diyan<\/em>\u00a0(At present, there are no details given to me, but don\u2019t worry, when it\u2019s all ironed out, we will make an announcement),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, 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

In an interview with reporters, Sotto said the number of attendees will be limited to a maximum of 50 people who will all be subjected to rapid antibody testing.<\/p>\n

He said 25 seats will be reserved for the executive department, 13 for the House of Representatives and 12 for the Senate.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the SONA would likely be 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

Scheduled pre-SONAs have been held to discuss accomplishments under the Duterte administration.<\/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

Congress is currently on break and will resume for its second regular session on the President SONA on July 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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