PBBM, the SONA, and nation building

I repeatedly and patiently watched PBBM’s SONA speech to discern its message beyond the raw performance, plans, and numbers he was citing. And I sat frustrated for some time as his message escaped me although the listening audience seemed to have understood, as shown by their repeated applause. “Am I this dumb,” I asked myself as all I heard were deeds, numbers, and applause, without discerning PBBM’s true message beyond the statistics he was presenting.

It dawned on me then that the recited accomplishments, promises, and plans are all linked to, and have, the people as their common point. In the mathematical terms of my boyhood years, the people are the SONA’s least common denominator and its intended audience. Social benefits, on the other hand, are the fruits of the application of all governmental efforts to the available resources, to improve the people’s welfare and living conditions. These are the health, safety, infrastructures, and similar concerns, among others, delivered by the governing administration to the governed, for the latter’s ultimate welfare.

Not everyone could be fully satisfied, of course, as governance and administration always pose questions of priorities of resources and action. Resources are never enough; not everyone can be served at the same time to the extent they wish. Give-and-take is the rule of governance. Some concerns are also best left unmentioned, others left vague, if only for reasons of security and flexibility.

Underlying our independent action should be our own capability, resources, and the support of our people whose will and participation are vital. Without the people, we may not even have a nation to speak of.

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