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Live-Streaming of President Rodrigo Duterte's SONA 2017
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will deliver a "direct to the point" speech during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 24, which is estimated to run for about 50 minutes, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Friday.Andanar said that during Duterte's rehearsal in Panacan, Davao City last Thursday night, the original 38-page address was compressed to only about 18 pages, containing the administration's accomplishments in its one year in office, as well as the pressing issues hounding the country like the drug problem and the crisis in Marawi City.
He said the President will deliver his speech in English but might also insert extemporaneous remarks expressed either in Tagalog or Cebuano.
"In 18 pages, it would run for around 45 minutes. So we really need to edit it out. So the speech would be between 15 and 18 pages because we have to consider the ad-lib. Just in case the President issued ad-lib statements, it would then be between 40 to 50 minutes," Andanar said in a radio interview. "
The speech will be direct to the point, depending of course on the accomplishments and pressing matters today, especially the armed conflict in Marawi and the problem on illegal drugs," he added.