Senator Imee R. Marcos on Tuesday called critics of President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) as “deaf and numb quibblers who failed to hear the clarion call for transformational change.” READ:
“President Duterte’s message to the nation is loud and clear: Change now or forever hold your peace, transform or perish! His government will lead the charge against the multiple viruses that beset our country – Covid-19, all manner of corruption, criminal syndicates, and an almighty historic oligarchy,” Marcos, chairman of the Senate economic affairs, said.
The lady lawmaker from Ilocos Norte noted that Duterte’s critics have complained that his penultimate SONA lacked a so-called roadmap to recovery, as he ranted against the oligarchic stranglehold on crucial public utilities, persistent corruption even within his government, and the pervasive illegal drug trade that called for the revival of the death penalty.
Marcos authored or co-sponsored some of the bills President Duterte mentioned in his SONA – recruiting a medical reserve corps, creating FISTCs to raise revenue from the sale of non-performing state and private assets, increasing interest-free loans to MSMEs through government banks, reducing corporate taxes to attract foreign investments, establishing an agency for disaster management, and ensuring a trust fund for coconut farmers.
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