00:00It is possible to arrest or imprison anyone who wears protest clothing in the nearest area of the President, according to the Secretary-General of the Camera.
00:11But according to a lawyer, that violates the freedom of the press.
00:15And Darlene Cai is right.
00:20It is a tradition for some congressmen to wear protest clothing in the State of the Nation address of the President.
00:27It is written, stop the attacks, stop the killings.
00:30Or this is a sign that there is a service to the people, don't do business.
00:34This was banned before, and you are being bullied.
00:37And in SONA 2024 of President Bongbong Marcos on July 22,
00:41Secretary-General Reginald Velasco said, it will be more strict.
00:46It is possible to arrest and detain anyone who will force to wear it.
00:51It is prohibited.
00:52Because this is SONA, it's not a day of protest.
00:55If you want to protest, there are some areas reserved for your protest or demonstration.
01:02This is not the place and the time.
01:05It is possible to wear cultural clothing and you can also make statements through other symbols on the clothes.
01:11But it is prohibited to use words or caricatures.
01:15Words and facial expressions.
01:19No, because this is a formal event.
01:21You can see right away that there is a face of a person who made a cartoon.
01:30That is prohibited.
01:32Anything derogatory to personalities or people of authorities, that is prohibited.
01:46We will talk to those who will wear it and give them a chance to change.
01:50But if it is not approved, security personnel will be arrested.
01:55ACT Teachers Partylist Representative Franz Castro of Makabayan Blok opposed it.
02:00He said that it violates the freedom of expression.
02:03Makabayan Blok will still wear clothes that will show weakness and the demand of the people in SONA.
02:11Some militant groups are already organizing a protest on the day of SONA.
02:16According to the Office of the Secretary General,
02:19the total number of visitors to SONA will reach more than 2,000 people.
02:23In addition to that, there will be more than 3,000 security and congressional staff.
02:27So, including the budget for food, it will reach 20 million pesos.
02:33If that is divided into 5,000 people, it will reach 4,000 pesos budget for each.
02:40You know, our security personnel are already hundreds.
02:45Our congressional personnel are already 2,000 to 3,000.
02:51And our guests are already 2,000.
02:54So, that's just about the right.
02:57For GMA Integrated News, I'm Darlene Kaye for 24 Hours.
03:09For GMA Integrated News, I'm Darlene Kaye for 24 Hours.
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