Sonas: A forum for applause EDITORIAL 07/22/2010

Sonas: A forum for applause

EDITORIAL

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07/22/2010
State of the Nation Addresses (Sonas), to Filipinos, hardly mean anything, whether such were delivered by Ferdinand Marcos, Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria Arroyo, or the new President, Noynoy Aquino.

It is only Malacañang and its supporters that think a Sona is an important speech, as it is supposed to state where the country and the nation are at and where the new president will lead them in the next six years, which is why it is the Palace that turns these Sonas into a big deal.

Sonas, delivered before the Congress, also serve as a forum for a president to be applauded by members of Congress for his speech, although this applause, even when counted how many times they come by the media, is also meaningless, considering the fact that Congress is jampacked with the president’s new allies who form the majority, along with a Yellow gallery.

A newly-minted president in his first Sona, however, always has the edge, especially in the case of Aquino, who will no doubt focus his speech on the many irregularities committed under his predecessor’s government and the many problems being inherited by his administration, on account of the mismanagement of the Arroyo government, as he is likely to blame the current state of the nation on the Arroyo government.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100722com1.html