SONA 2018

In every country, there must be a President. And in our country, the Philippines, our 16th President is Rodrigo Duterte. His Presidency began on June 30, 2016. According to my research, he is 71 years old already and considered to be the oldest person ever elected to the Presidency. And according also to my research, every President must deliver an annual address which is called SONA or the State of the Nation Address until the end of their term of office. SONA serves as a means to inform the nation about its current or ongoing economic, social, and political condition. It is also an instrument for the President to summarize the accomplishments and plans of his/her program.

On July 23, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his third State of the Nation Address. He had delivered accomplishments and his plans for our country. I was not able to watch the whole thing on the television but I read some of his lines on the internet that really amazed me. One of his lines that I like is, "Your concern is human rights, mine is human lives." For every lines or words that came from his mouth, I know that it came from his heart. I know that he meant it all. As a student, I saw that there are changes that happened in our country for the past 2 years as President Duterte takes place as the President of the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte really deserves to our President.

Presidency is not a joke. It takes courage, strength, and bravery to step on that  position. And our President Duterte step on that position with bravery, I salute him for that. And we all know that Presidents make many speeches and one of the most important speech a President may deliver is his SONA. Even though, all of us may be tired of hearing the same things over and over again, we can't help but to listen. We can't help but to anticipate because a President is speaking. He deserves to be heard. All President deserves to be heard. Why? Because they are President.