Blast from the past: Aquino’s SONAs

In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on July 26, 2010, President Benigno Aquino 3rd harped on the victory of “Tuwid na Daan” after winning the presidential elections.

He presented to the public the extent of corruption in public service and the steps his administration was taking to solve them. It was in his first SONA that he denounced huge allowances being received by certain government owned and controlled corporations (GOCC) officials, particularly at the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.