Canlas, Christian John D.

BSIT 2A

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State of the Nation Address 2016
As I have read and heard the SONA for 2016, President Rodrigo R. Duterte
opened his speech with a sentence, I will not waste time dwelling on past sins.
Vindictiveness is not in my system. It clearly says what it meant, President Rodrigo
is looking forward to all he can do to change the current administration of our
country and has no time to blame the previous administration for its shortcomings.
He then said that fighting against crime and corruption is relentless so he promised
not to stop until the last drug lord is behind bars. These kind of statements will
surely make our police officers fulfill their responsibilities until its been satisfied.
Taking on more account, President Duterte also mentioned numerous subjects to
almost everything from having peace from other parties, health, tax and
government issues as to how to improve it and how to implement the change as
soon as possible. With these big subjects on hand, theres no doubt that there will
be small subject also. These subjects will be about the implementation of free wifi
from public places likes parks, LRT, MRT and government offices. All of this is good
and I have no say about it but what bothers me is President Duterte failed to include
in this speech of his is our current education and environment state. How could he
forget to mention the change he made from banning people from drinking from
public places, the restriction of using videoke because of a sole purpose, to avoid
additional sound pollution from places to places. The cleanliness that the people
started from themselves even before President Duterte seated as the president
should be included and taken on account because of how fast it was implemented.
We can have the example of divisoria from one of the most crowded and dirty place
for wholesale and retail trades and purchases to becoming one of the cleanest and
peaceful place that had change. If you will look at the internet for proof, you would
see the drastic changes the place has overtaken. There has no small side-shops
blocking the road, trash have been properly disposed of and people are not crowded
in the place. This kind of change is only implemented here but all over the country.
Little by little, we are making an effort to stop old habits and pursue to new ones.
Ones that can help us improve our lifestyle and benefits our environment.
One another thing that needs to have an opinion is how President Duterte
didnt include/mention the current state of our education system. Falling into place
after the implementation of the K-12 curriculum, almost all of the schools here in
our countries are still have some major and minor problems related to it. The DepEd
should be more responsible as to monitor and handle all the senior and junior
students who have moved up this year. The public needs more information
regarding this matter because these things dont have enough public attention.
President Rodrigo should have shared his focus on this matter because education
does matter. This is the foundation of the youth and the future of our country. This is
not an easy matter to withstand upon but looking at our Presidents determination
about our country, I think he would tackle these matters soon enough. President
Rodrigo top priority for now is eradicating corruption in the government and
reducing criminality to zero making our country safe enough to be able to feel
comfortable at walking at night. This presidential term could be the one we need for

Canlas, Christian John D.

BSIT 2A

and the one we have waited for. I am looking forward to all President Dutertes
upcoming SONA for the country and world to know our achievements and
improvements from him and his administration management and for the good of
our country.