July 27, 2009 will be a significant date for Iglesia ni Cristo (their Anniversary) and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This will be GMA’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) during her term. That means bigger rallies and more criticisms are expected because of the never ending issues about Constitutional Change. According to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato Reyes, around 15,000 protesters are expected to join the rally along Commonwealth Avenue which they call the people’s version of the SONA.
12,000 policemen will be deployed when GMA delivers her SONA before a joint session of Congress at the Batasan Complex in Quezon City. At least four senators announced that they will boycott the SONA (Panfilo Lacson, Francis Pangilinan, Mar Roxas and Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.).
This time, GMA has only less than a year left to fulfill her promises (again!).
Several days ago, people were asking what is the real status of the President's health condition because of her confinement in the hospital. Then there were talks (read:leakage) regarding her breast augmentation. Palace spokespersons had initially denied it but later on admitted - there were newspaper reports that the President had breast implants done in the 1980s. Dr. Maria Niza Bermudez Reyes was accused of ordering the opening of the President's medical records at Asian Hospital and Medical Center. But her lawyer said that the hospital's computer system is faulty as it doesn't have a level of security, access to confidential informations can be opened by all non medical staff. But three members of the hospital staff named Dr. Reyes as the one who ordered them to open GMA's medical file.
