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(SONA 2020, President Duterte)
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If there has been a surge of COVID-19 cases nationwide, I attribute it to the lack of discipline of many Filipinos who break guidelines and health protocols out of either ignorance or defiance. They do not realize that this virus is a faceless killer.
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People expected the President to present some sort of road map of our economic recovery. People lost jobs and businesses closed because of COVID-19. I expected Duterte to give some reassurance to the people and boost their confidence as we go into the so-called new normal.
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I also do not agree with him on the need for a revival of the death penalty. There is no empirical data yet to support that capital punishment deters crime.
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I agree with him, though, in the need for a separate department for Overseas Filipino Workers and for disaster resiliency.
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There will always be those who will disagree with him. In the end, that is democracy.
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<b>Source:</b>
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Honest and frank, To the point by <a href="https://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/to-the-point-by-emil-jurado/329896/honest-and-frank.html" class="news_link" target="_blank" title="Source">Emil Jurado</a>, July 29, 2020, Manila Standard
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Duterte's 5th SONA last Monday was honest and frank