The Philippine National Police is now gearing for the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Bongbong Marcos.
In a statement, PNP director for operations Police Major General Valeriano de Leon said they are now reviewing all the security plans from the past SONAs and are now modifying it for Marcos’ first address.
“We want to prepare as early as possible so that we can have the best security measures for the SONA,” he said.
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“We want to come up with a good template, a good security plan that we will present to our PNP officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Vicente Danao Jr. for review and approval,” the statement added.
De Leon said they are also reviewing protocols for those who will be conducting protests during SONA.
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“We respect the role of the protesters in what they would do, but your PNP will not allow them to disrupt any activities that include causing trouble and creating traffic on any busy roads in Metro Manila,” De Leon said.
“We will have freedom parks for them and just like what happened during the inauguration, we will not disturb their program and we will not even ask for any permit for their activity provided that they do not go out of the designated freedom parks,” he added.
