EVERY YEAR, the President of the Republic must deliver his State of the Nation Address before Congress and the Filipino people. In that address, the President has always been expected to apprise the country of its current state – political, social, and economic. As well, the President is expected to map out his administration’s plans and priorities for the coming year.
In short, the SONA really is the President’s report to the nation.
Interestingly, though, the State of the Nation Address has almost always been delivered in a language other than the mother tongue.
In today’s Data a Day:
Which president was the first to deliver his State of the Nation Address entirely in Filipino?
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