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All hands are on deck as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is set to deliver his third State of the Nation Address on Monday amid the escalating tensions in the West Philippine Sea and the downfall of his alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte.As of Sunday, the Philippine National Police and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority have started to deploy some 24,000 personnel around the Batasang Pambansa Complex—the home of the House of Representatives which is the venue for SONA.
Duterte recently left the administration’s Cabinet when she resigned from the posts of Education Secretary and vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict .Duterte, who was present during Marcos’ first two presidential addresses, announced that she will not attend this year’s SONA.In the same announcement, Duterte added she was appointing herself as the “designated survivor.”The Vice President did not expound on her statement.
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