The House of Representatives will start sending invitations for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA) by Monday, July 10.
House Secretary General Reginald Velasco made the announcement Tuesday as he addressed the participants of the 1st Inter-Agency Coordination Meeting for SONA 2023 at Batasan Complex in Quezon City.
“We will also highlight the deadlines,” Velasco said at the start of the meeting. He said the guest list was their “number one priority.”
He said the office of the House Secretary-General is working on the finalized guest lists of the Office of the President (OP) and the Senate.
“We must have this guest list within the week because our plan is to send the invitations, the formal invitations, and the collaterals by next week starting Monday,” he said.
“So we must have the guest list within the week. If you’re ready today, you can submit it to us because we want to know how many seats we will reserve for your guests,” stressed Velasco.
The President’s SONA falls on the fourth Monday of July. This year’s SONA will be on July 24, 2023.
A total of 1,365 people were invited to attend President Marcos’ first SONA on July 25, 2022. This was the first SONA to be held in full face-to-face set-up since the Covid-19 pandemic began.