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- Karen Davila tweeted her opinions regarding President Duterte’s 5th SONA.
- She stated that the President has made the annual nation address into a platform to rant about his personal vendettas and feelings.
Veteran Broadcast Journalist Karen Davila called out President Rodrigo Duterte after he mentioned Senator Franklin Drilon and ABS-CBN Corporation in the opening salvo of his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) speech.
Davila tweeted that the President has turned the SONA from talking about the state of the country to a platform to let out his “personal vendettas or feelings.”
“No senator or private company deserves to be mentioned at the opening of the President’s Sona,” Davila wrote.
“People are hungry and jobless. People are looking for inspiration,” she added.
No senator or private company deserves to be mentioned at the opening of the President’s SONA. This is about the state of the country, where we are, where we are going, not about personal vendettas or feelings. People are hungry and jobless. People are looking for inspiration
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) July 27, 2020
During his SONA, President Duterte slammed Drilon for supposedly arrogantly making a remark about oligarchs, correlating it to political dynasties, while the topic was allegedly about the former’s children who are also in politics. Duterte added that Drilon defended the Lopezes, who were the founders and executives of the Kapamilya network.
He then said that he was a “casualty” of ABS-CBN.
Davila continuously tweeted updates and opinions regarding President Duterte’s SONA on July 27.
Or he’s calling Jesus. But on a more serious note, there was a threat to going back into a government monopoly in the speech. https://t.co/lVOvklWE7N
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) July 27, 2020
She stated that his interest to bring back the death penalty is a “distraction” from the current pandemic.
The return of the DEATH PENALTY by lethal injection has got to be today’s biggest deflection and distraction towards a post covid economic recovery. #SONA2020
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) July 27, 2020
President Duterte on the West Philippine Sea Dispute. “China is in possession of the property. They are in possession, so what can we do. We have to go to war. And i cannot afford it. Maybe some other president can but i can’t. Inutil ako dyan” #SONA2020
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) July 27, 2020
Okay, clearly Senator Franklin Drilon is in the President’s consciousness. Mentioning him again in the SONA. Calls him a ‘hypocrite’ brings back oligarchy discussion. #SONA2020
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) July 27, 2020
Davila then stated that the SONA has been a distraction from the COVID-19 pandemic and only opened up a new debate regarding the death penalty.
The speech seemed to be a deflection of the covid crisis. The President has introduced a new debate – and that’s on the death penalty. Be careful guys. Stick to the government’s plan of action on covid and how it intends to revive the economy. #SONA2020
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) July 27, 2020
ABS-CBN has been off-air since May 5 when the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order to the network. After a series of hearings, the House of Representatives declined its application for a fresh 25-year franchise.
