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Philippines - The State of the Nation Address (SONA), like all presidential speeches, is political theater.
Sometimes, a president will use human props such as "Mang Pandoy" in the 1992 SONA of President Fidel Ramos, and the "bangkang papel boys" in the 2001 SONA of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Others use catch phrases and soaring rhetoric.
But whatever tools he employs, a President's SONA must not only be inspiring but must also be able to set clear directions, not just for the Congress he is mandated to address at the opening of its regular session every July, but for the entire country as well.
Last year's SONA, Noynoy Aquino's first, came on the heels of his phenomenal rise to power from son of a beloved democracy icon to reluctant president.
This is a reason perhaps why the euphoria that permeated the speech seemed so strangely familiar, forgivable though because it had been only 2-and-a-half months since the election and the bruising campaign that came before it.
In his speech, Aquino said: "Matagal pong naligaw ang pamahalaan sa daang baluktot. Araw-araw po, lalong lumilinaw sa akin ang lawak ng problemang ating namana. Damang-dama ko ang bigat ng aking responsibilidad. Sa unang tatlong linggo ng aming panunungkulan, marami po kaming natuklasan...Sulyap lamang po ito; hindi pa ito ang lahat ng problemang haharapin natin. Inilihim at sadyang iniligaw ang sambayanan sa totoong kalagayan ng ating bansa."
Aquino's opening words set the tone for the rest of the speech.
And then the promise to go after the guilty and not a vow not to be like them.
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Philippines - The State of the Nation Address (SONA), like all presidential speeches, is political theater.
Sometimes, a president will use human props such as "Mang Pandoy" in the 1992 SONA of President Fidel Ramos, and the "bangkang papel boys" in the 2001 SONA of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Others use catch phrases and soaring rhetoric.
But whatever tools he employs, a President's SONA must not only be inspiring but must also be able to set clear directions, not just for the Congress he is mandated to address at the opening of its regular session every July, but for the entire country as well.
Last year's SONA, Noynoy Aquino's first, came on the heels of his phenomenal rise to power from son of a beloved democracy icon to reluctant president.
This is a reason perhaps why the euphoria that permeated the speech seemed so strangely familiar, forgivable though because it had been only 2-and-a-half months since the election and the bruising campaign that came before it.
In his speech, Aquino said: "Matagal pong naligaw ang pamahalaan sa daang baluktot. Araw-araw po, lalong lumilinaw sa akin ang lawak ng problemang ating namana. Damang-dama ko ang bigat ng aking responsibilidad. Sa unang tatlong linggo ng aming panunungkulan, marami po kaming natuklasan...Sulyap lamang po ito; hindi pa ito ang lahat ng problemang haharapin natin. Inilihim at sadyang iniligaw ang sambayanan sa totoong kalagayan ng ating bansa."
Aquino's opening words set the tone for the rest of the speech.
For the next several minutes, it was a litany of the sins of the past administration, from mysterious grants of huge amounts of calamity funds to a favorite hometown province that didn't need it, to perks for the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) top officials, to extra-judicial killings that went unsolved for so long.
And then the promise to go after the guilty and not a vow not to be like them.
"Sa administrasyon po natin, walang kota-kot, walang tongpats, ang pera ng taumbayan ay gagastusin para sa taumbayan lamang," he said.
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