00:00Vice President Sara Duterte will not attend the State of the Nation Address of President Bongbong Marcos on July 22.
00:15No, I will not attend the SONA. I am appointing myself as the designated survivor.
00:23Under the concept of designated survivors in America,
00:26an official was assigned to the line of succession,
00:30from the arrival to the arrival of the President.
00:34If there is an attack that the President will die,
00:38the designated survivor will serve as the interim President.
00:42There is no such thing in the Philippines.
00:44But under the leadership of the House Secretary General, Reginald Velasco,
00:48they do not see any threat in the upcoming SONA.
00:52If ever, this is the first time that a Vice President will not attend the SONA of the President.
00:59According to House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez,
01:03it is the decision of a public official if he will attend or not.
01:07But it is only right that the unity of their leaders for their well-being should be seen.
01:14Vice President Duterte did not have many reactions about this.
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