State of the Nation Address 2018

SONA or what is known as the State of the Nation Address is an annual event in a country wherein the president will talk what he is about to pledge himself on different issues and what he is gonna do. We FIlipinos, are still waiting for development in our country. When will our country become stable? When will our country change into a finer one?

Recently, our president, Mr. Rodrigo Duterte had delivered his thoughts on how our country can improve. As the President of the Republic of the Philippines he had mentioned all his and our concerns that are yet to be solved. Our president is asking for our help and support to make all of it possible. And for just about fifty minutes of speaking, our president was able to leave the stage with a pleased audience.

All throughout his speech, he mentioned a lot of issues related in the importance of health, human rights, environment and a lot more such as crimes and laws. President Duterte said, "The war against illegal drugs will not be sidelined. Instead, it will be as relentless as chilling, if you will, as the day it began," this means that he is planning to continue the war on drugs until all drug addicts are arrested. He also stated that our concern is about human rights but his concern is on human lives. In the mind of president Duterte, he just wanted to protect our future especially for the youths in their lives. the war on drugs still continues,he won’t stop fighting for it. Even if there are already a lot of complains about this issue on human rights, that killing is not the solution. Though there a a lot of negative comments on his campaign, he still wants to pursue what he wanted to happen. He wants to protect our future, he wants to make us safe.

Environment related issues are also included in his speech like the Boracay Island issue which is still undergoing restoration. He wanted a real action to keep its beauty, because we are the stewards of our environment. Stopping the Black Sand Mining activity is another plan that our president wanted to do. And also because of the destructive Yolanda Typhoon, he wished for another agency to help us Filipinos at times of disasters which is the Department of Disaster Management.

President Duterte also asked the Congress to give the law that will give workers with short term employment the right contract. This is another issue concerning human rights which pertains about contractualization.  Another common problem is corruption. Where he also directed all government units to implement the act that will fight against it (Ease of doing Business Act). President Rodrigo Duterte noted Mindanao as the Land of Promises, where they are now making steps to meet the promises made by the government for our Muslim siblings

What is a leader without followers? What can a mentor do without a creed? How can we expect for our country to change if we don't support our president. If we work together we can improve our country, we can transform it into a better one.