President's SONA
Image courtesy of mb.com.ph Today, July 27, 2015, is the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the Philippine President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III before the joint session of Congress. This is Pnoy's 6th and last SONA. Some of us might be wondering why SONA shall take place on every 4th Monday of July. Why not on the other date? Article VII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, particularly Section 23, states that "The President shall address the Congress at the opening of its regular session. He may also appear before it at any other time." When is the opening of the regular session of the Congress? Section 15 of Article VI of the same Constitution provides that "The Congress shall convene every year on the fourth Monday of July for its regular session, unless a different date is fixed by law, and shall continue to be in session for such number of days as it may be determined until thirty days before the opening ...