section_path: Incumbency/State of the Nation Address
section_name: State of the Nation Address
paragraph_text: State of the Nation Address
  
  The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is an annual event, in which the president reports on the status of the nation, normally to the resumption of a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate. This is a duty of the president as stated in Article VII, Section 23 of the 1987 Constitution.