SONA 2008 - Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
By ProTraveler at 07/24/08 19:09
On Monday, July 28, the president of the Republic of the Philippines will be holding her annual State of the Nation Address [SONA] for the year 2008. It is highly anticipated by many as especially for organizations opposing the government and sees it as another one of the president's "lies".
If the President's SONA 2007 contains all about the super regions and preparing the country to become a first world country by the year 2020, the SONA 2008 will focus on the government's achievements in solving different national crisis that struck the country for the last months and its plan to counter the coming ones. She will be mainly focusing for the National Social Welfare program that is ease the effects of global crisis.
The president also aims to further discuss the issues of family planning and future building for the young Filipinos. Secretary Cerge Remonde, also the head of the Presidential Management Staff, said the president will also be stating policy statements and of course, politics.
The issue of disabling or reducing the Value Added Tax or VAT during these hard times was not made clear by the secretary if this will be included in the president's annual statement.
Though not to be taken seriously, surveys conducted in different parts of the country shows more disbelief of Arroyo's statement as compared to last year's. The biggest number of non-believers to what Arroyo's statement will be came mostly from parts of Mindanao, a part of the country that has a lot of potential but is least developed and focused by the government.
Malacañang proudly said the president will be using the speech they prepared that took them four months to complete and she has been rehearsing it for the last four weeks. I don't know what's to be proud about that, but sure, nice effort to make it sound perfect.
People close to the president however said and appealed to Arroyo's critics to listen to the SONA first before shooting it down. The SONA hype attracted rallies and demonstrations across the country every year and I'm pretty sure this year will not be different from the past, aside from having less food rations for the rallyists due to the high price of nearly EVERYTHING.
By ProTraveler at 07/24/08 19:09
On Monday, July 28, the president of the Republic of the Philippines will be holding her annual State of the Nation Address [SONA] for the year 2008. It is highly anticipated by many as especially for organizations opposing the government and sees it as another one of the president's "lies".
If the President's SONA 2007 contains all about the super regions and preparing the country to become a first world country by the year 2020, the SONA 2008 will focus on the government's achievements in solving different national crisis that struck the country for the last months and its plan to counter the coming ones. She will be mainly focusing for the National Social Welfare program that is ease the effects of global crisis.
The president also aims to further discuss the issues of family planning and future building for the young Filipinos. Secretary Cerge Remonde, also the head of the Presidential Management Staff, said the president will also be stating policy statements and of course, politics.
The issue of disabling or reducing the Value Added Tax or VAT during these hard times was not made clear by the secretary if this will be included in the president's annual statement.
Though not to be taken seriously, surveys conducted in different parts of the country shows more disbelief of Arroyo's statement as compared to last year's. The biggest number of non-believers to what Arroyo's statement will be came mostly from parts of Mindanao, a part of the country that has a lot of potential but is least developed and focused by the government.
Malacañang proudly said the president will be using the speech they prepared that took them four months to complete and she has been rehearsing it for the last four weeks. I don't know what's to be proud about that, but sure, nice effort to make it sound perfect.
People close to the president however said and appealed to Arroyo's critics to listen to the SONA first before shooting it down. The SONA hype attracted rallies and demonstrations across the country every year and I'm pretty sure this year will not be different from the past, aside from having less food rations for the rallyists due to the high price of nearly EVERYTHING.
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