Benigno Simeon Cojuanco Aquino
III, President of the Republic of the Philippines Quezon
City
Attendees
were more preoccupied in showing off their luxurious fabrics on the red carpet,
putting on a fashion show, rather than to be there for the President’s speech. Almost
all males in attendance in Batasan Pambansa wore their best weaved barong. Party
list representative Teddy Casiño had the words “Presyo Ibaba” printed on his barong
and claimed the red carpet to be his while on the other hand, former President
Fidel V. Ramos wore toned gray clothing with a wide grin printed on his face.
The
President’s speech was delivered in Filipino in its entirety which lasted for
one hour and twenty-seven minutes. And according to ANC’s Tony Velasquez, it
was the longest SONA in the fifteen years he has been covering the event. In delivering
his speech, Aquino was interrupted applause 120 times with the longest one
lasting for thirty seconds for his endorsement of Responsible Parenthood
wherein he touched the subject about the Reproductive Heath bill which some
sectors find still controversial and a delicate issue to ponder on.
In his SONA,
PNoy also said that whenever he comes face to face with someone and give him a
profound gratitude for his undying help for the less fortunate, he just
responds; You made this happen. So in his State of the Nation Address, PNoy showed
his humble side wherein he didn’t take full credit for the progress that we now
taste.
We can’t fully
state that we are in productivity but progress is under way. Like PNoy quoted
in his address; “From what we are experiencing today, it is clear: you
succeeded. You are the well the wellspring of change. You said: it is possible.”
Change is possible for anyone who believes in it and takes hold of it as a firm
foundation for Nation Building
At the end of
the day, my expectances of the President’s capabilities have grown to a wider
perimeter. With his third State of the Nation Address in play in thought,
stakes have taken height and the Filipino men would want every word of his SONA
to be reckoned with in reality.
And with that
pondering on our minds, there’d come a day that there will be no more kid
without food on his plate.
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