SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. launched his administration’s Bagong Pilipinas battlecry in last year’s SONA, as he declared that “the state of the nation is sound, and is improving.”
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. launched his administration’s Bagong Pilipinas battlecry in last year’s SONA, as he declared that “the state of the nation is sound, and is improving.”
Recognizing the “deep-rooted” social and political grievances of the armed conflict, the Marcos administration has agreed to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Two years after Marcos’ first SONA, three of the measures on his legislative wishlist related to the armed forces are still pending in Congress.
Marcos, in his 2023 SONA, did not make new promises about addressing corruption or promoting good governance.
Of Marcos’ 13 promises on the economy in his 2023 SONA, three remain stalled, six have been fulfilled and four are still in progress.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has so far fulfilled only two of his 24 promises in his SONA in 2022 and 2023 to improve the delivery of social services in the country, although it has been declared as a priority under his administration.
A number of energy projects are still concentrated in Luzon, specifically renewable energy projects that the Marcos administration is targeting to make up 35% of the country’s energy supply by 2030.
Two years into office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admits that delays have been hounding the country’s infrastructure drive, making him cling to various measures in hopes of "Building Better More.”
Of the five pending labor-related promises made by President Bongbong Marcos in his first two SONA, one has been carried out, two are underway, and two saw a delay in their progress.
Recto Bank is within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, but is also claimed by China.