I DIDN’T expect much from the President’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA), knowing full well how this annual report to the nation is always filled with numbers and self-praise, with questionable connections made between the powers-that-be and the poorest-of-the-poor.

Specifically for this President, the SONA has always been an opportunity to blame the past government and hit back at his critics, while at the same time doing the humble-brag like no other President, shifting from look at me! I did this! To: I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you, mga boss.

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